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diff --git a/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod b/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod index 74a82f0197..4eefa63cdf 100644 --- a/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod +++ b/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod @@ -846,12 +846,12 @@ Upload both the .gz and .bz2 versions of the tarball. Wait until you receive notification emails from the PAUSE indexer confirming that your uploads have been received. IMPORTANT -- you will -probably get an email that indexing has failed (due to dual-life modules, -apparently). This is considered normal. +probably get an email that indexing has failed, due to module permissions. +This is considered normal. Do not proceed any further until you are sure that your tarballs are on CPAN. Check your authors directory on one of the "fast" CPAN mirrors -(e.g. cpan.shadowcatprojects.net, cpan.dagolden.com, cpan.hexten.net +(e.g., cpan.hexten.net or cpan.cpantesters.org) to confirm that your uploads have been successful. =item * @@ -886,26 +886,6 @@ Add your quote to F<Porting/epigraphs.pod> and commit it. =item * -Wait 24 hours or so, then post the announcement to use.perl.org. -(if you don't have access rights to post news, ask someone like Rafael to -do it for you.) - -=item * - -Check http://www.cpan.org/src/ to see if the new tarballs have appeared. -They should appear automatically, but if they don't then ask Jarkko to look -into it, since his scripts must have broken. - -=item * - -I<You MUST SKIP this step for RC, BLEAD> - -Ask Jarkko to update the descriptions of which tarballs are current in -http://www.cpan.org/src/README.html, and Rafael to update -http://dev.perl.org/perl5/ - -=item * - I<You MUST SKIP this step for RC> Remind the current maintainer of C<Module::CoreList> to push a new release @@ -1047,6 +1027,38 @@ Thanks for releasing perl! =back +=head2 Building a release - the day after + +=over 4 + +=item * + +Check L<http://www.cpan.org/src/> to see if the new tarballs have appeared. +They should appear automatically, some hours after upload, +but if they don't then ask Jarkko to look +into it, since his scripts must have broken. + +=item * + +Check L<http://search.cpan.org> to see if it has indexed the distribution. +It should be visible at a URL like C<http://search.cpan.org/dist/perl-5.10.1/>. + +=item * + +I<This step ONLY for STABLE> + +Ask Jarkko to update the descriptions of which tarballs are current in +L<http://www.cpan.org/src/README.html>, and Rafael to update +L<http://dev.perl.org/perl5/> + +=item * + +Post the release announcement to use.perl.org. +(if you don't have access rights to post news, ask someone like Rafael to +do it for you.) + +=back + =head1 SOURCE Based on |