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Mention regenerating Emacs' AUTHORS file.

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Lute Kamstra 2003-09-29 10:08:11 +00:00
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@ -9,24 +9,30 @@ For each step, check for possible errors.
make sure that the later tagged version will bootstrap, should it be
necessary to check it out.
3. Set the version number (M-x load-file RET admin/admin.el RET, then
3. Regenerate Emacs' AUTHORS file (M-x load-file RET
lisp/emacs-lisp/authors.el RET, then M-x authors RET, then save
the *Authors* buffer). This may require fixing syntactically
incorrect ChangeLog entries beforehand.
4. Set the version number (M-x load-file RET admin/admin.el RET, then
M-x set-version RET). For a release, add released change log
entries (M-x add-release-logs RET).
4. rm configure; make bootstrap
5. rm configure; make bootstrap
5. Commit configure, README, lisp/loaddefs.el, lisp/cus-load.el,
lisp/finder-inf.el, lisp/version.el, man/emacs.texi. For a release,
also commit the ChangeLog files in all directories.
6. Commit configure, README, AUTHORS, lisp/loaddefs.el,
lisp/cus-load.el, lisp/finder-inf.el, lisp/version.el,
man/emacs.texi. For a release, also commit the ChangeLog files in
all directories.
6. make-dist --snapshot. Check the contents of the new tar with
7. make-dist --snapshot. Check the contents of the new tar with
admin/diff-tar-files against an older tar file. Some old pretest
tarballs are kept under fencepost.gnu.org:~pot/emacs-pretest/, while
old emacs tarballs are at <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/>.
7. xdelta delta emacs-OLD.tar.gz emacs-NEW.tar.gz emacs-OLD-NEW.xdelta
8. xdelta delta emacs-OLD.tar.gz emacs-NEW.tar.gz emacs-OLD-NEW.xdelta
8. tar -zxf emacs-NEW.tar.gz; cd emacs-NEW
9. tar -zxf emacs-NEW.tar.gz; cd emacs-NEW
configure && make && make -n install
Use `script' or M-x compile to save the compilation log in
compile-NEW.log and compare it against an old one. The easiest way
@ -34,27 +40,27 @@ For each step, check for possible errors.
number of the old Emacs to __, do the same with the new log and do
M-x ediff. Especially check that Info files aren't built.
9. cd EMACS_ROOT_DIR; cvs tag TAG
10. cd EMACS_ROOT_DIR; cvs tag TAG
TAG is EMACS_PRETEST_XX_YY_ZZZ for a pretest, EMACS_XX_YY for a
release.
10. admin/make-announcement OLD NEW
11. admin/make-announcement OLD NEW
This creates an announcement for pretests. OLD is the version used
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:
12. 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/.
For a release, do:
rsync -aP emacs-NEW.tar.gz emacs-OLD-NEW.xdelta \
alpha.gnu.org:/home/ftp/gnu/emacs/.
12. Verify that the files are visible at
13. 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. For a pretest, let Richard Stallman know about the new pretest and
14. 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 <emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org>.
For a release, Richard should prepare the announcement himself,