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1 Instructions to create pretest or release tarballs.
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2 -- originally written by Gerd Moellmann, amended by Francesco Potort́
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3 with the initial help of Eli Zaretskii
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5 For each step, check for possible errors.
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7 1. cvs -q update -Pd
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9 2. Bootstrap to make 100% sure all elc files are up-to-date, and to
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10 make sure that the later tagged version will bootstrap, should it be
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13 3. Regenerate Emacs' etc/AUTHORS file (M-x load-file RET
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14 lisp/emacs-lisp/authors.el RET, then M-x authors RET, then save
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15 the *Authors* buffer). This may require fixing syntactically
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16 incorrect ChangeLog entries beforehand.
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18 4. Set the version number (M-x load-file RET admin/admin.el RET, then
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19 M-x set-version RET). For a release, add released change log
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20 entries (M-x add-release-logs RET).
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22 5. rm configure; make bootstrap
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24 6. Commit configure, README, doc/emacs/emacs.texi,
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25 doc/lispref/elisp.texi, etc/AUTHORS, lisp/version.el,
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26 nt/emacs.rc. Copy lisp/loaddefs.el to
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27 lisp/ldefs-boot.el and commit lisp/ldefs-boot.el. For a release,
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28 also commit the ChangeLog files in all directories.
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30 7. make-dist --snapshot. Check the contents of the new tar with
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31 admin/diff-tar-files against an older tar file. Some old pretest
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32 tarballs are kept under fencepost.gnu.org:~pot/emacs-pretest/, while
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33 old emacs tarballs are at <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/>.
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35 8. xdelta delta emacs-OLD.tar.gz emacs-NEW.tar.gz emacs-OLD-NEW.xdelta
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37 9. tar -zxf emacs-NEW.tar.gz; cd emacs-NEW
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38 ./configure && make && make -n install
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39 Use `script' or M-x compile to save the compilation log in
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40 compile-NEW.log and compare it against an old one. The easiest way
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41 to do that is to visit the old log in Emacs, change the version
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42 number of the old Emacs to __, do the same with the new log and do
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43 M-x ediff. Especially check that Info files aren't built.
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45 10. cd EMACS_ROOT_DIR; cvs tag TAG
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46 TAG is EMACS_PRETEST_XX_YY_ZZZ for a pretest, EMACS_XX_YY for a
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47 release.
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49 Shortly before the release, cut the branch with the following commands:
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51 cvs rtag EMACS_`NUMBER'_BASE
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52 cvs rtag -b EMACS_`NUMBER'_RC -r EMACS_`NUMBER'_BASE
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54 where `NUMBER' is the major version number of the release. This
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55 makes it easier to see what changes have been applied to the
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56 branch with:
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58 cvs diff -r EMACS_`NUMBER'_BASE -r EMACS_`NUMBER'_RC
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60 or merge changes back to the trunk with "cvs update -j", if
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61 necessary.
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63 After doing this, increase the version number on the trunk as per
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64 step 4.
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66 11. Now you should upload the files to the GNU ftp server. In order to
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67 do that, you must be registered as an Emacs maintainer and have your
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68 GPG key acknowledged by the ftp people. Mail <ftp-upload@gnu.org>
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69 for instructions. Once you are there, for each file FILE to be
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70 released, create a detached GPG binary signature and a clearsigned
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71 directive file like this:
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72 gpg -b FILE
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73 echo directory: emacs/pretest > FILE.directive (for a pretest)
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74 echo directory: emacs > FILE.directive (for a release)
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75 gpg --clearsign FILE.directive
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76 Upload by anonymous ftp to ftp://ftp-upload.gnu.org/ the files FILE,
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77 FILE.sig, FILE.directive.asc.
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78 For a release, place the files in the /incoming/ftp directory.
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79 For a pretest, place the files in /incoming/alpha instead, so that
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80 they appear on ftp://alpha.gnu.org/.
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82 For a release, upload a bz2 tarfile as well; this can save a lot
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83 of bandwidth.
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85 12. After five minutes, verify that the files are visible at
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87 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/ for a release.
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89 13. For a pretest, announce it on emacs-devel and BCC the pretesters.
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90 For a release, announce it on info-gnu@gnu.org,
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91 info-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, and emacs-devel.
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94 # arch-tag: c23c771f-ca26-4584-8a04-50ecf0989390