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maint: improve release procedure instructions.

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* gnulib: Update, in particular (README-release).
* bootstrap.conf: don't require gendocs, provided by gnu-web-doc-update,
provided by readme-release.
* README-hacking: Update accordingly.
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Akim Demaille
2012-06-07 14:41:56 +02:00
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@@ -248,25 +248,10 @@ copyright statement for each Bison file, check the copyright statements
that the skeletons insert into generated parsers, and check all
occurrences of PACKAGE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR in configure.ac.
** Update NEWS
The version number, *and* the date of the release (including for
betas).
** Update NEWS, commit and tag.
See do-release-commit-and-tag in README-release.
** Mention the release name in a commit message
Should have an entry similar to "Version 2.3b.".
** Tag the release
Before Bison will build with the right version number, you must tag
the release in git. Do this after all other changes. The command is
similar to:
git tag -a v2.3b -m "Bison 2.3b."
** Push
Once "make distcheck" passes, push your changes and the tag.
"git push" without arguments will not push the tag.
** make alpha, beta, or release
** make alpha, beta, or stable
See README-release.
** Upload
@@ -287,8 +272,8 @@ where F125BDF3 should be replaced with your key ID.
*** Using gnupload
You need "ncftp".
At the end "make release" (or alpha/beta) will display the prodecure
to run. Just copy and paste it in your shell.
At the end "make stable" (or alpha/beta) will display the prodecure to
run. Just copy and paste it in your shell.
*** By hand
@@ -359,7 +344,8 @@ function 'index', once for the table of contents); you can ignore this
issue.
** Announce
To generate a template announcement file:
The "make stable" (or alpha/beta) command just created a template,
$HOME/announce-bison-X.Y. Otherwise, to generate it, run:
make RELEASE_TYPE=alpha gpg_key_ID=F125BDF3 announcement
@@ -379,11 +365,12 @@ newsgroup by sending email to compilers@iecc.com. Do not make any Cc as
the moderator will throw away anything cross-posted or Cc'ed. It really
needs to be a separate message.
** Bump the version number
In configure.ac. Run "make". So that developers don't accidentally add new
items to the old NEWS entry, create a new empty NEWS entry something like:
** Prepare NEWS
So that developers don't accidentally add new items to the old NEWS
entry, create a new empty entry in line 3 (without the two leading
spaces):
Changes in version ?.? (????-??-??):
* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
Push these changes.

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@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@
# gnulib modules used by this package.
gnulib_modules='
announce-gen argmatch assert calloc-posix close closeout config-h c-strcase
argmatch assert calloc-posix close closeout config-h c-strcase
configmake
dirname
error extensions fdl fopen-safer gendocs getopt-gnu
error extensions fdl fopen-safer getopt-gnu
gettext git-version-gen gitlog-to-changelog
gpl-3.0 hash inttypes isnan javacomp-script
javaexec-script ldexpl maintainer-makefile malloc-gnu mbschr mbsrchr
javaexec-script ldexpl malloc-gnu mbschr mbsrchr
mbswidth obstack perror progname
quote quotearg
readme-release

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gnulib

Submodule gnulib updated: db60bb41e9...b42157dd01