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| author | Jesse Vincent <jesse@bestpractical.com> | 2011-02-01 13:05:16 -0500 |
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| committer | Jesse Vincent <jesse@bestpractical.com> | 2011-02-01 13:05:16 -0500 |
| commit | 316665f2fe39c1a5602faf1a2b0658d388ea988a (patch) | |
| tree | 33953d21f307385b4ad70320f24b981a642473fb /Porting | |
| parent | 8f8dc686da698978d40b228c32a8fa9b5d5997a0 (diff) | |
| download | perl-316665f2fe39c1a5602faf1a2b0658d388ea988a.tar.gz | |
update the release manager's guide to remove a now-autmated version
checking step.
Diffstat (limited to 'Porting')
| -rw-r--r-- | Porting/release_managers_guide.pod | 14 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod b/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod index c6224ea64a..4bef565388 100644 --- a/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod +++ b/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod @@ -231,16 +231,11 @@ fix. I<You MAY SKIP this step for SNAPSHOT> Run F<Porting/cmpVERSION.pl> to compare the current source tree with the -previous version to check for for modules that have identical version +previous version to check for dual-lifed modules that have identical version numbers but different contents, e.g.: $ cd ~/some-perl-root - $ ./perl -Ilib Porting/cmpVERSION.pl -xd . v5.10.0 - -then bump the version numbers of any non-dual-life modules that have -changed since the previous release, but which still have the old version -number. If there is more than one maintenance branch (e.g. 5.8.x, 5.10.x), -then compare against both. + $ ./perl -Ilib Porting/cmpVERSION.pl -d . v5.10.0 Be sure to bump the version numbers in separate commits for each module (or group of related modules) so that changes can be cherry-picked later @@ -252,11 +247,6 @@ make sure you edit the correct file! Once all version numbers have been bumped, re-run the checks. -Then run again without the -x option, to check that dual-life modules are -also sensible. - - $ ./perl -Ilib Porting/cmpVERSION.pl -d . v5.10.0 - =item * I<You MAY SKIP this step for SNAPSHOT> |