# HG changeset patch # User Francesco Potort # Date 1048078932 0 # Node ID d0449a23c8d9ded0c17c56886314822e4f9efc97 # Parent fdeb795fc0ecce2541b2e62e52d7cfaf9889bc73 Release instructions added. diff -r fdeb795fc0ec -r d0449a23c8d9 admin/make-tarball.txt --- a/admin/make-tarball.txt Wed Mar 19 12:24:43 2003 +0000 +++ b/admin/make-tarball.txt Wed Mar 19 13:02:12 2003 +0000 @@ -40,18 +40,22 @@ 10. admin/make-announcement OLD NEW This creates an announcement for pretests. OLD is the version used - to make deltas with respect to NEW. *release instructions missing* + to make deltas with respect to NEW. Anouncements for pretests need + to be crafted by hand. Use an older announcement to start with. 11. For a pretest, do: rsync -aP emacs-NEW.tar.gz emacs-OLD-NEW.xdelta compile-NEW.log \ emacs-NEW.announce alpha.gnu.org:/home/alpha/gnu/emacs/pretest/. - *release instructions missing* + For a release, do: + rsync -aP emacs-NEW.tar.gz emacs-OLD-NEW.xdelta \ + alpha.gnu.org:/home/ftp/gnu/emacs/. -12. Verify that after five minutes at most the files appear on - ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/pretest/. - *release instructions missing* +12. Verify that the files are visible at + ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/pretest/ for a pretest, at + ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/ for a release. -13. Let Richard Stallman know about the new pretest and tell him to - announce it using the announcement you prepared. Remind him to set - a Reply-to header to . - *release instructions missing* +13. For a pretest, let Richard Stallman know about the new pretest and + tell him to announce it using the announcement you prepared. Remind + him to set a Reply-to header to . + For a release, Richard should prepare the announcement himself, + possibly starting from a previous announcment.