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| author | Nicholas Clark <nick@ccl4.org> | 2011-07-21 11:29:01 +0200 |
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| committer | Nicholas Clark <nick@ccl4.org> | 2011-07-21 11:29:01 +0200 |
| commit | d5c37431deed6dedf93a85a51fd4124ff0997036 (patch) | |
| tree | 4669474138fcadafbb387dd4802a802b37e2e06b /Porting/release_managers_guide.pod | |
| parent | c493c0a1e017a7a6f724bd4ac82466013a065609 (diff) | |
| download | perl-d5c37431deed6dedf93a85a51fd4124ff0997036.tar.gz | |
Add "clean build and test" as a step in the release manager's guide.
Some of the post-release steps can cause test failures (and hence black
smoke) if not addressed at the time.
Diffstat (limited to 'Porting/release_managers_guide.pod')
| -rw-r--r-- | Porting/release_managers_guide.pod | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod b/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod index d2a6d036d9..ad4b2d78ad 100644 --- a/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod +++ b/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod @@ -931,6 +931,17 @@ Then follow the section L<"Bump the version number"> to bump the version in the remaining files and test and commit. +=head3 clean build and test + +Run a clean build and test to make sure nothing obvious is broken. + +In particular, F<Porting/perldelta_template.pod> is intentionally exempted +from podchecker tests, to avoid false positives about placeholder text. +However, once it's copied to F<pod/perldelta.pod> the contents can now +cause test failures. Problems should resolved either by replacing placeholder +text with correct text, or following the instructions output by +F<t/porting/podcheck.t> on how to update its exceptions database. + =head3 push commits Finally, push any commits done above. |