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doc: update release procedure

* README-release: Rearrange slightly: post the announcement to
Savannah first, so you can include a link to that post in the email.
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Jim Meyering
2010-05-03 20:37:13 +02:00
parent 7d501cdd9c
commit ca41dcff1d

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@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ FIXME: enable excluded programs like arch? to get their manual pages?
* Set the date, version number, and release type [stable/alpha/beta] on
line 3 of NEWS, commit that, and tag the release by running e.g.,
build-aux/do-release-commit-and-tag 8.x stable
build-aux/do-release-commit-and-tag X.Y stable
* Run the following to create release tarballs. Your choice selects the
corresponding upload-to destination in the emitted gnupload command.
@@ -69,18 +69,8 @@ Once all the builds and tests have passed,
v=$(cat .prev-version)
git push origin master tag v$v
* Send the gpg-signed announcement mail, e.g.,
To: info-gnu@gnu.org
Cc: coordinator@translationproject.org, coreutils@gnu.org
Cc: coreutils-announce@gnu.org
Subject: coreutils-8.0 released [stable]
Mail-Followup-To: bug-coreutils@gnu.org
* Approve the announcement here:
http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/admindb/coreutils-announce
* Announce it on Savannah, too:
* Announce it on Savannah first, so you can include the preferable
savannah.org announcement link in the email message.
From here:
https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/coreutils/
click on the "submit news", then write something like the following:
@@ -88,8 +78,7 @@ Once all the builds and tests have passed,
the Main -> "Select Features" menu item, or via this link:
https://savannah.gnu.org/project/admin/editgroupfeatures.php?group=coreutils)
Subject: coreutils-8.0 released [stable]
Subject: coreutils-X.Y released [stable]
+verbatim+
...paste the announcement here...
-verbatim-
@@ -97,6 +86,17 @@ Once all the builds and tests have passed,
Then go here to approve it:
https://savannah.gnu.org/news/approve.php?group=coreutils
* Send the gpg-signed announcement mail, e.g.,
To: info-gnu@gnu.org
Cc: coordinator@translationproject.org, coreutils@gnu.org
Cc: coreutils-announce@gnu.org
Subject: coreutils-X.Y released [stable]
Mail-Followup-To: bug-coreutils@gnu.org
* Approve the announcement here:
http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/admindb/coreutils-announce
* After each non-alpha release, update the on-line manual accessible via
http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/