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1 Instructions to create pretest or release tarballs. |
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3 with the initial help of Eli Zaretskii |
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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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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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22 For a pretest, start at version .90. After .99, use .990 (so that |
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23 it sorts). |
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27 Patch configure: See |
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28 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2009-02/msg00851.html |
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30 make bootstrap |
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34 nt/emacs.rc. Copy lisp/loaddefs.el to |
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35 lisp/ldefs-boot.el and commit lisp/ldefs-boot.el. For a release, |
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36 also commit the ChangeLog files in all directories. |
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38 7. make-dist --snapshot. Check the contents of the new tar with |
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39 admin/diff-tar-files against an older tar file. Some old pretest |
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41 old emacs tarballs are at <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/>. | |
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43 If this is the first pretest of a major release, just comparing |
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45 something like `find -f | grep -v CVS...etc' in a clean CVS tree, |
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46 and compare the results against the new tar contents. |
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48 8. xdelta delta emacs-OLD.tar.gz emacs-NEW.tar.gz emacs-OLD-NEW.xdelta |
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50 9. tar -zxf emacs-NEW.tar.gz; cd emacs-NEW |
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52 Use `script' or M-x compile to save the compilation log in |
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53 compile-NEW.log and compare it against an old one. The easiest way |
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54 to do that is to visit the old log in Emacs, change the version |
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55 number of the old Emacs to __, do the same with the new log and do |
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56 M-x ediff. Especially check that Info files aren't built. |
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58 10. cd EMACS_ROOT_DIR; cvs tag TAG |
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60 release. | |
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71 cvs diff -r EMACS_`NUMBER'_BASE -r EMACS_`NUMBER'_RC |
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79 11. Now you should upload the files to the GNU ftp server. In order to |
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80 do that, you must be registered as an Emacs maintainer and have your |
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81 GPG key acknowledged by the ftp people. Mail <ftp-upload@gnu.org> |
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83 released, create a detached GPG binary signature and a clearsigned |
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86 echo directory: emacs/pretest > FILE.directive (for a pretest) |
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87 echo directory: emacs > FILE.directive (for a release) |
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88 gpg --clearsign FILE.directive |
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91 For a release, place the files in the /incoming/ftp directory. |
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103 For a release, announce it on info-gnu@gnu.org, |
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104 info-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, and emacs-devel. |
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