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diff --git a/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod b/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod index 780e636971..f173f96e15 100644 --- a/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod +++ b/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod @@ -392,6 +392,15 @@ For example: $ git log --pretty=fuller v5.13.2..HEAD | \ perl Porting/checkAUTHORS.pl --who - +Look at the previous L<perldelta> for how to write the opening +paragraph of the Acknowledgements section. To get the amount of +changed files and number of lines use this command: + + $ git diff --shortstat v5.13.8..v5.13.9 | \ + ./perl -Ilib -nE 'my ($files, $insert, $delete) = /(\d+)/ga; say "$files files and ", $insert + $delete, " lines changed"' + +Making sure to round off the number of lines changed. + Re-read the perldelta to try to find any embarrassing typos and thinkos; remove any C<TODO> or C<XXX> flags; update the "Known Problems" section with any serious issues for which fixes are not going to happen now; and |