Mercurial > emacs
annotate admin/make-tarball.txt @ 51798:04564d8f3be9
(browse-url-browser-function): Add alternative for Epiphany.
(browse-url-epiphany-program, browse-url-epiphany-arguments)
(browse-url-epiphany-startup-arguments)
(browse-url-epiphany-new-window-is-tab): New variables.
(browse-url-epiphany, browse-url-epiphany-sentinel): New functions.
author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
---|---|
date | Mon, 07 Jul 2003 20:54:56 +0000 |
parents | d0449a23c8d9 |
children | 695cf19ef79e |
rev | line source |
---|---|
48667
7ce5464da6b5
Instructions to create pretest or release tarballs.
Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org>
parents:
diff
changeset
|
1 Instructions to create pretest or release tarballs. |
7ce5464da6b5
Instructions to create pretest or release tarballs.
Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org>
parents:
diff
changeset
|
2 -- originally written by Eli Zaretskii, amended by Francesco Potort́ |
7ce5464da6b5
Instructions to create pretest or release tarballs.
Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org>
parents:
diff
changeset
|
3 |
7ce5464da6b5
Instructions to create pretest or release tarballs.
Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org>
parents:
diff
changeset
|
4 For each step, check for possible errors. |
7ce5464da6b5
Instructions to create pretest or release tarballs.
Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org>
parents:
diff
changeset
|
5 |
7ce5464da6b5
Instructions to create pretest or release tarballs.
Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org>
parents:
diff
changeset
|
6 1. cvs -q update -Pd |
7ce5464da6b5
Instructions to create pretest or release tarballs.
Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org>
parents:
diff
changeset
|
7 |
7ce5464da6b5
Instructions to create pretest or release tarballs.
Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org>
parents:
diff
changeset
|
8 2. Bootstrap to make 100% sure all elc files are up-to-date, and to |
7ce5464da6b5
Instructions to create pretest or release tarballs.
Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org>
parents:
diff
changeset
|
9 make sure that the later tagged version will bootstrap, should it be |
7ce5464da6b5
Instructions to create pretest or release tarballs.
Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org>
parents:
diff
changeset
|
10 necessary to check it out. |
7ce5464da6b5
Instructions to create pretest or release tarballs.
Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org>
parents:
diff
changeset
|
11 |
7ce5464da6b5
Instructions to create pretest or release tarballs.
Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org>
parents:
diff
changeset
|
12 3. Set the version number (M-x load-file RET admin/admin.el RET, then |
7ce5464da6b5
Instructions to create pretest or release tarballs.
Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org>
parents:
diff
changeset
|
13 M-x set-version RET). For a release, add released change log |
7ce5464da6b5
Instructions to create pretest or release tarballs.
Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org>
parents:
diff
changeset
|
14 entries (M-x add-release-logs RET). |
7ce5464da6b5
Instructions to create pretest or release tarballs.
Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org>
parents:
diff
changeset
|
15 |
7ce5464da6b5
Instructions to create pretest or release tarballs.
Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org>
parents:
diff
changeset
|
16 4. rm configure; make bootstrap |
7ce5464da6b5
Instructions to create pretest or release tarballs.
Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org>
parents:
diff
changeset
|
17 |
49345 | 18 5. Commit configure, README, lisp/loaddefs.el, lisp/cus-load.el, |
19 lisp/finder-inf.el, lisp/version.el, man/emacs.texi. For a release, | |
20 also commit the ChangeLog files in all directories. | |
48667
7ce5464da6b5
Instructions to create pretest or release tarballs.
Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org>
parents:
diff
changeset
|
21 |
7ce5464da6b5
Instructions to create pretest or release tarballs.
Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org>
parents:
diff
changeset
|
22 6. make-dist --snapshot. Check the contents of the new tar with |
7ce5464da6b5
Instructions to create pretest or release tarballs.
Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org>
parents:
diff
changeset
|
23 admin/diff-tar-files against an older tar file. Some old pretest |
49345 | 24 tarballs are kept under fencepost.gnu.org:~pot/emacs-pretest/, while |
25 old emacs tarballs are at <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/>. | |
48667
7ce5464da6b5
Instructions to create pretest or release tarballs.
Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org>
parents:
diff
changeset
|
26 |
48805
bd5cc892ddde
Cleaned up, added reference to make-announce and to emacs-pretest-bug.
Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org>
parents:
48670
diff
changeset
|
27 7. xdelta delta emacs-OLD.tar.gz emacs-NEW.tar.gz emacs-OLD-NEW.xdelta |
48667
7ce5464da6b5
Instructions to create pretest or release tarballs.
Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org>
parents:
diff
changeset
|
28 |
48805
bd5cc892ddde
Cleaned up, added reference to make-announce and to emacs-pretest-bug.
Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org>
parents:
48670
diff
changeset
|
29 8. tar -zxf emacs-NEW.tar.gz; cd emacs-NEW |
bd5cc892ddde
Cleaned up, added reference to make-announce and to emacs-pretest-bug.
Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org>
parents:
48670
diff
changeset
|
30 configure && make && make -n install |
bd5cc892ddde
Cleaned up, added reference to make-announce and to emacs-pretest-bug.
Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org>
parents:
48670
diff
changeset
|
31 Use `script' or M-x compile to save the compilation log in |
bd5cc892ddde
Cleaned up, added reference to make-announce and to emacs-pretest-bug.
Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org>
parents:
48670
diff
changeset
|
32 compile-NEW.log and compare it against an old one. The easiest way |
bd5cc892ddde
Cleaned up, added reference to make-announce and to emacs-pretest-bug.
Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org>
parents:
48670
diff
changeset
|
33 to do that is to visit the old log in Emacs, change the version |
bd5cc892ddde
Cleaned up, added reference to make-announce and to emacs-pretest-bug.
Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org>
parents:
48670
diff
changeset
|
34 number of the old Emacs to __, do the same with the new log and do |
bd5cc892ddde
Cleaned up, added reference to make-announce and to emacs-pretest-bug.
Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org>
parents:
48670
diff
changeset
|
35 M-x ediff. Especially check that Info files aren't built. |
48667
7ce5464da6b5
Instructions to create pretest or release tarballs.
Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org>
parents:
diff
changeset
|
36 |
48805
bd5cc892ddde
Cleaned up, added reference to make-announce and to emacs-pretest-bug.
Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org>
parents:
48670
diff
changeset
|
37 9. cd EMACS_ROOT_DIR; cvs tag TAG |
49345 | 38 TAG is EMACS_PRETEST_XX_YY_ZZZ for a pretest, EMACS_XX_YY for a |
39 release. | |
48667
7ce5464da6b5
Instructions to create pretest or release tarballs.
Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org>
parents:
diff
changeset
|
40 |
48805
bd5cc892ddde
Cleaned up, added reference to make-announce and to emacs-pretest-bug.
Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org>
parents:
48670
diff
changeset
|
41 10. admin/make-announcement OLD NEW |
49345 | 42 This creates an announcement for pretests. OLD is the version used |
50201
d0449a23c8d9
Release instructions added.
Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org>
parents:
49634
diff
changeset
|
43 to make deltas with respect to NEW. Anouncements for pretests need |
d0449a23c8d9
Release instructions added.
Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org>
parents:
49634
diff
changeset
|
44 to be crafted by hand. Use an older announcement to start with. |
48667
7ce5464da6b5
Instructions to create pretest or release tarballs.
Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org>
parents:
diff
changeset
|
45 |
49345 | 46 11. For a pretest, do: |
47 rsync -aP emacs-NEW.tar.gz emacs-OLD-NEW.xdelta compile-NEW.log \ | |
49634 | 48 emacs-NEW.announce alpha.gnu.org:/home/alpha/gnu/emacs/pretest/. |
50201
d0449a23c8d9
Release instructions added.
Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org>
parents:
49634
diff
changeset
|
49 For a release, do: |
d0449a23c8d9
Release instructions added.
Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org>
parents:
49634
diff
changeset
|
50 rsync -aP emacs-NEW.tar.gz emacs-OLD-NEW.xdelta \ |
d0449a23c8d9
Release instructions added.
Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org>
parents:
49634
diff
changeset
|
51 alpha.gnu.org:/home/ftp/gnu/emacs/. |
48667
7ce5464da6b5
Instructions to create pretest or release tarballs.
Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org>
parents:
diff
changeset
|
52 |
50201
d0449a23c8d9
Release instructions added.
Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org>
parents:
49634
diff
changeset
|
53 12. Verify that the files are visible at |
d0449a23c8d9
Release instructions added.
Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org>
parents:
49634
diff
changeset
|
54 ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/pretest/ for a pretest, at |
d0449a23c8d9
Release instructions added.
Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org>
parents:
49634
diff
changeset
|
55 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/ for a release. |
48669 | 56 |
50201
d0449a23c8d9
Release instructions added.
Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org>
parents:
49634
diff
changeset
|
57 13. For a pretest, let Richard Stallman know about the new pretest and |
d0449a23c8d9
Release instructions added.
Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org>
parents:
49634
diff
changeset
|
58 tell him to announce it using the announcement you prepared. Remind |
d0449a23c8d9
Release instructions added.
Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org>
parents:
49634
diff
changeset
|
59 him to set a Reply-to header to <emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org>. |
d0449a23c8d9
Release instructions added.
Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org>
parents:
49634
diff
changeset
|
60 For a release, Richard should prepare the announcement himself, |
d0449a23c8d9
Release instructions added.
Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org>
parents:
49634
diff
changeset
|
61 possibly starting from a previous announcment. |