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authorZefram <zefram@fysh.org>2010-12-19 15:04:53 +0000
committerZefram <zefram@fysh.org>2010-12-19 15:04:53 +0000
commite03f126cfb07245dc7a7a3f70b2c7443689be3ed (patch)
treec421850ee67f8388c9d7d05ef930bbad1c16e0bc /Porting/release_managers_guide.pod
parent170968377abf9e056b7362f557315dd607605f38 (diff)
downloadperl-e03f126cfb07245dc7a7a3f70b2c7443689be3ed.tar.gz
bump perl version number for 5.13.8
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diff --git a/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod b/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod
index 56b5dcf4b5..74a82f0197 100644
--- a/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod
+++ b/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ If you don't have a PAUSE account, then request one:
Check that your account is allowed to upload perl distros: goto
L<https://pause.perl.org/>, login, then select 'upload file to CPAN'; there
should be a "For pumpkings only: Send a CC" tickbox. If not, ask Andreas
-König to add your ID to the list of people allowed to upload something
+KE<0xf6>nig to add your ID to the list of people allowed to upload something
called perl. You can find Andreas' email address at:
https://pause.perl.org/pause/query?ACTION=pause_04imprint
@@ -308,7 +308,11 @@ which will update all the files shown.
Be particularly careful with F<INSTALL>, which contains a mixture of
C<5.10.0>-type strings, some of which need bumping on every release, and
-some of which need to be left unchanged. Also note that this tool
+some of which need to be left unchanged.
+The line in F<INSTALL> about "is binary incompatible with" requires a
+correct choice of earlier version to declare incompatibility with.
+
+Also note that this tool
currently only detects a single substitution per line: so in particular,
this line in README.vms needs special handling: