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Instructions to create pretest or release tarballs. -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
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-- originally written by Gerd Moellmann, amended by Francesco Potortì
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with the initial help of Eli Zaretskii
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Steps to take before starting on the first pretest in any release sequence:
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0. The release branch (e.g. emacs-28) should already have been made
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and you should use it for all that follows. Diffs from this
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branch should be going to the emacs-diffs mailing list.
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1. Decide on versions of m4 and autoconf, and ensure you will
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have them available for the duration of the release process.
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2. Consider increasing the value of the variable
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'customize-changed-options-previous-release' in cus-edit.el to
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refer to a newer version of Emacs. (This is now done when cutting
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the release branch, see admin/release-branch.txt, but it can't
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hurt to double check its value.) Commit cus-edit.el if changed.
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3. Remove any old pretests from https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/pretest.
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You can use 'gnupload --delete' (see below for more gnupload details).
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(We currently don't bother with this.)
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General steps (for each step, check for possible errors):
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1. git pull # fetch from the repository
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git status # check for locally modified files
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Ensure that you have a clean, unmodified state.
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If you switched in-place from another branch to the release branch,
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there could be inappropriate generated ignored files left over.
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You might want to use "git status --ignored" to check for such files,
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or some form of "git clean -x". It's probably simpler and safer to
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make a new working directory exclusively for the release branch.
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If the working directory has subdirectories created when making
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previous releases or pretests, remove those subdirectories, as the
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command which updates the ChangeLog file might attempt to recurse
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there and scan any ChangeLog.* files there.
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Make sure the tree is built, or at least configured. That's
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because some of the commands below run Make, so they need
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Makefiles to be present.
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For Emacs 28 and later, as long as --with-native-compilation is
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not the default, the tree needs to be configured with
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native-compilation enabled, to ensure all the pertinent *.elc
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files will end up in the tarball. Otherwise, the *.eln files
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might not build correctly on the user's system.
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./autogen.sh
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./configure --with-native-compilation && make
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For a release (as opposed to pretest), visit etc/NEWS and use the
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"M-x emacs-news-delete-temporary-markers" command to delete any
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left-over "---" and "+++" markers from etc/NEWS, as well as the
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"Temporary note" section at the beginning of that file, and commit
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etc/NEWS if it was modified. For a bug fix release (e.g. 28.2),
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delete any empty headlines too.
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2. Regenerate the versioned ChangeLog.N and etc/AUTHORS files.
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The "M-x authors" command below will first update the current
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versioned ChangeLog.N file. For this to work correctly, make sure
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the top-level Makefile says
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PREFERRED_BRANCH = emacs-NN
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where NN is the version on the release branch from which you are
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producing the tarball. If NN is incorrect (which it usually is
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when starting a pretest of a new major release), update
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Makefile.in and re-run 'configure' to update Makefile.
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For the first pretest of a new major release, consider starting a
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new top-level ChangeLog.N file if the last versioned ChangeLog.N
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file is too large. A good point to start a new ChangeLog.N file
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is when the last one gets larger than 5 MiB, or when you make the
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first pretest of a new major release, whichever happens later. If
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so, start a new ChangeLog.N file by bumping N, and also update the
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line in top-level Makefile.in which says
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CHANGELOG_HISTORY_INDEX_MAX = N
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by incrementing the value of N by 1; then regenerate Makefile.
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After bumping N, you need to actually create and commit
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ChangeLog.N with the updated N, otherwise "M-x authors" below will
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fail. The easiest way of creating the new ChangeLog.N is to
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rename the file ChangeLog (without the .N suffix) left over from
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the last major release (it is usually unversioned) and commit it.
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Now:
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M-: (require 'authors) RET
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M-x authors RET
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If this says "Problem updating ChangeLog", find the reason for the
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failure of the command it runs, viz.:
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make -C ROOT change-history-nocommit
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(where ROOT is the top-level directory where you run this). It
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could be because there are uncommitted changes in ChangeLog.N, for
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example. One possible way forward is to invoke "C-u M-x authors",
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which will skip updating the versioned ChangeLog.N file.
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After "M-x authors" finishes, if there is an "*Authors Errors*"
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buffer, address the issues. If there was a ChangeLog typo, fix
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the relevant entry. If a file was deleted or renamed, consider
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adding an appropriate entry to variables authors-ignored-files,
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authors-valid-file-names, or authors-renamed-files-alist in
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authors.el. If some authors are "ignored", consider adding
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entries to the author-aliases variable.
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If necessary, repeat 'C-u M-x authors' after making those changes.
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Save the "*Authors*" buffer as etc/AUTHORS.
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Check the diff looks reasonable. Maybe add more entries to
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authors-ambiguous-files or authors-aliases, and repeat.
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Commit any fixes to authors.el.
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3. Set the version number (M-x load-file RET admin/admin.el RET, then
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M-x set-version RET). For a pretest, start at version .90. After
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.99, use .990 (so that it sorts). Commit the resulting changes
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as one, with nothing else included, and using a log message
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of the format "Bump Emacs version to ...", so that the commit can
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be skipped when merging branches (see admin/gitmerge.el).
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The final pretest should be a release candidate.
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Before a release candidate is made, the tasks listed in
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admin/release-process must be completed.
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Set the version number to that of the actual release (commit in
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one, as described above). Pick a date about a week from now when
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you intend to make the release. Use M-x add-release-logs from
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admin/admin.el to add entries to etc/HISTORY and the ChangeLog
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file. It's best not to commit these files until the release is
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actually made. Merge the entries from (unversioned) ChangeLog
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into the top of the current versioned ChangeLog.N and commit that
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along with etc/HISTORY. Then you can tag that commit as the
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release.
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Alternatively, you can commit and tag with the RC tag right away,
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and delay the final tagging until you actually decide to make a
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release and announce it. The "git tag" command can tag a specific
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commit if you give it the SHA1 of that commit, even if additional
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commits have been pushed in the meantime.
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Name the tar file as emacs-XX.Y-rc1.tar. If all goes well in the
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following week, you can simply rename the file and use it for the
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actual release. If you need another release candidate, remember
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to adjust the ChangeLog and etc/HISTORY entries.
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If you need to change only a file(s) that cannot possibly affect
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the build (README, ChangeLog, NEWS, etc.) then rather than doing
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an entirely new build, it is better to unpack the existing
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tarfile, modify the file(s), and tar it back up again.
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Never replace an existing tarfile! If you need to fix something,
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always upload it with a different name.
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4. autoreconf -i -I m4 --force
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make bootstrap
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The below script checks for any mistakes in the source text of
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manual pages. Fix any errors and re-run the script to verify.
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./admin/check-man-pages
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Then do this:
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make -C etc/refcards
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make -C etc/refcards clean
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If some of the etc/refcards, especially the non-English ones, fail
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to build, you probably need to install some TeX/LaTeX packages, in
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particular for foreign language support. For more information,
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search for the string "refcard" in the file admin/release-process.
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(ru-refcard causes numerous "Underfull hbox" and "Overfull hbox"
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messages from TeX, but those seem to be harmless, as the result
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looks just fine.)
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5. Copy lisp/loaddefs.el to lisp/ldefs-boot.el. After copying, edit
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ldefs-boot.el to add
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;; no-byte-compile: t
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to its file-local variables section, otherwise make-dist will
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complain.
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Commit ChangeLog.N, etc/AUTHORS, lisp/ldefs-boot.el, and the files
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changed by M-x set-version. Note that the set-version changes
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should be committed separately, as described in step 3 above, to
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avoid them being merged to master. The lisp/ldefs-boot.el file
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should not be merged to master either, so it could be added to the
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same commit or committed separately.
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The easiest way of doing that is "C-x v d ROOT-DIR RET", then go
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to the first modified file, press 'M' to mark all modified files,
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and finally 'v' to commit them. Make sure the commit log message
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mentions all the changes in all modified files, as by default 'v'
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doesn't necessarily do so.
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If someone else made a commit between step 1 and now,
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you need to repeat from step 4 onwards. (You can commit the files
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from step 2 and 3 earlier to reduce the chance of this.)
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6. ./make-dist --snapshot --no-compress
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Check the contents of the new tar with admin/diff-tar-files
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against the previous release (if this is the first pretest) or the
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previous pretest. If you did not make the previous pretest
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yourself, find it at <https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/pretest>.
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Releases are of course at <https://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/>.
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./admin/diff-tar-files emacs-OLD.tar emacs-NEW.tar
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Alternatively, if you want to use the compressed tarballs (which
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diff-tar-files doesn't understand):
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tar tJf emacs-OLD.tar.xz | sed -e 's,^[^/]*,,' | sort > old_tmp
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tar tJf emacs-NEW.tar.xz | sed -e 's,^[^/]*,,' | sort > new_tmp
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diff -u old_tmp new_tmp
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If this is the first pretest of a major release, just comparing
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with the previous release may overlook many new files. You can try
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something like 'find . | sort' in a clean repository, and
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compare the results against the new tar contents. Another
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alternative is using something like:
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tar cf - emacs-NEW | tar t -C /tmp | grep -Ev "\.(o|d)$" | sort
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Where emacs-NEW is the directory containing your clean repository.
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The output of this command might be easier to compare to the
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tarball than the one you get from find.
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7. tar xf emacs-NEW.tar; cd emacs-NEW
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./configure --prefix=/tmp/emacs && make check && make install
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Use 'script' or M-x compile to save the compilation log in
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compile-NEW.log and compare it against an old one. The easiest way
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to do that is to visit the old log in Emacs, change the version
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number of the old Emacs to __, do the same with the new log and do
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M-x ediff. Especially check that Info files aren't built, and that
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no autotools (autoconf etc) run.
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8. You can now tag the release/pretest and push it together with the
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last commit:
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cd EMACS_ROOT_DIR && git tag -a TAG -m "Emacs TAG"
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git push
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git push --tags
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Here TAG is emacs-XX.Y.ZZ for a pretest, emacs-XX.Y for a release.
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For a release, if you are producing a release candidate first, use
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emacs-XX.Y-rcN (N = 1, 2, ...) when you tar the RC, and add the
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actual release tag later, when the official release tarball is
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uploaded to ftp.gnu.org. When adding a tag later, it is safer to
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use the SHA1 of the last commit which went into the release
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tarball, in case there were some intervening commits since then:
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git tag -a TAG -m "Emacs TAG" SHA1
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git push --tags
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In the past, we were not always consistent with the annotation
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(i.e. -m "Emacs TAG"). The preferred format is like this for a
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pretest, release candidate and final release:
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git tag -a emacs-28.0.90 -m "Emacs 28.0.90 pretest"
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git tag -a emacs-28.1-rc1 -m "Emacs 28.1 RC1"
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git tag -a emacs-28.1 -m "Emacs 28.1 release"
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9. Decide what compression schemes to offer.
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For a release, at least gz and xz:
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gzip --best --no-name -c emacs-NEW.tar > emacs-NEW.tar.gz
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xz -c emacs-NEW.tar > emacs-NEW.tar.xz
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For pretests, just xz is probably fine (saves bandwidth).
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Now you should upload the files to the GNU ftp server. In order to
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do that, you must be registered as an Emacs maintainer and have your
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GPG key acknowledged by the ftp people. For instructions, see
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https://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_node/Automated-Upload-Registration.html
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The simplest method to upload is to use the gnulib
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<https://www.gnu.org/s/gnulib/> script "build-aux/gnupload":
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For a pretest:
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gnupload [--user your@gpg.key.email] --to alpha.gnu.org:emacs/pretest \
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FILE.gz FILE.xz ...
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For a release:
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gnupload [--user your@gpg.key.email] --to ftp.gnu.org:emacs \
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FILE.gz FILE.xz ...
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You only need the --user part if you have multiple GPG keys and do
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not want to use the default. Instead of "your@gpg.key.email" you
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could also use the fingerprint of the key, a 40-digit hex number.
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(Alternatively, define default-key in your ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf file.)
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Obviously, if you do not have a fast uplink, be prepared for the
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upload to take a while.
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If you prefer to do it yourself rather than use gnupload:
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For each FILE, create a detached GPG binary signature and a
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clearsigned directive file like this:
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gpg -b FILE
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echo directory: emacs/pretest > FILE.directive (for a pretest)
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echo directory: emacs > FILE.directive (for a release)
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gpg --clearsign FILE.directive
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Upload by anonymous ftp to ftp://ftp-upload.gnu.org/ the files FILE,
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FILE.sig, FILE.directive.asc.
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For a release, place the files in the /incoming/ftp directory.
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For a pretest, place the files in /incoming/alpha instead, so that
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they appear on https://alpha.gnu.org/.
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10. After five minutes, verify that the files are visible at
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https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/pretest/ for a pretest, or
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https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/ for a release.
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Download them and check the signatures and SHA1/SHA256 checksums.
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Check they build (./configure --with-native-compilation).
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11. Send an announcement to: emacs-devel, and bcc: info-gnu-emacs@gnu.org.
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For a pretest, also bcc: platform-testers@gnu.org.
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For a release, also bcc: info-gnu@gnu.org.
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(The reason for using bcc: is to make it less likely that people
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will followup on the wrong list.)
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See the info-gnu-emacs mailing list archives for the form
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of past announcements. The first pretest announcement, and the
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release announcement, should have more detail.
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Use the emacs-devel topic 'emacs-announce'. The best way to do
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this is to add a header "Keywords: emacs-announce" to your mail.
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(You can also put it in the Subject, but this is not as good
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because replies that invariably are not announcements also get
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sent out as if they were.)
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To create the included SHA1 and SHA256 checksums, run:
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sha1sum emacs-NEW.tar.xz
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sha256sum emacs-NEW.tar.xz
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You can optionally sign the announcement email, preferably using
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the same PGP key that you used for signing the tarball.
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(Use e.g. `M-x mml-secure-message-sign' in `message-mode' to sign
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an email.)
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12. After a release, update the Emacs pages as described below.
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13. After a release, bump the Emacs version on the release branch.
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There is no need to bump the version after a pretest; the version
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is bumped before the next pretest or release instead.
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If the released version was XX.Y, use 'set-version' from
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admin/admin.el to bump the version on the release branch to
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XX.Y.50. Commit the changes.
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UPDATING THE EMACS WEB PAGES AFTER A RELEASE
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As soon as possible after a release, the Emacs web pages at
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https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ should be updated.
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(See admin/notes/www for general information.)
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The pages to update are:
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emacs.html (for a new major release, a more thorough update is needed)
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history.html
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add the new NEWS file as news/NEWS.xx.y
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Copy new etc/MACHINES to MACHINES and CONTRIBUTE to CONTRIBUTE
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For every new release, a banner is displayed on top of the emacs.html
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page. Uncomment and the release banner in emacs.html. Keep it on the
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page for about a month, then comment it again. The new release banner
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looks like this:
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<div class="release-banner">
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<div class="container">
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<h2><em>Emacs 28.1 is out</em>, download it <a href="download.html">here</a>!</h2>
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</div>
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</div>
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Also, make sure the copyright years at the bottom of emacs.html are
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up-to-date.
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The file download.html may need to be updated, for example if the
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MS-Windows binaries will be signed by a different person/key than
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those mentioned there.
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Next, regenerate the various manuals in HTML, PDF, and PS formats:
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Invoke ./admin/make-manuals from the top-level directory of the
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Emacs source tree that contains the manuals for which you want to
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produce HTML docs. This creates the 'manual' directory and
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populates it with the necessary files.
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If you have Texinfo installed locally, make-manuals might fail if it
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cannot find epsf.tex. In that case define in the environment
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TEXINPUTS=:/path/to/texinfo-tree/doc
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where /path/to/texinfo-tree is the absolute file name of the
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top-level directory where you have the Texinfo source tree. Then
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re-run make-manuals.
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make-manuals can also fail if the HTML manuals produced by Texinfo
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violate some of the assumptions admin/admin.el makes about the
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format of the produced HTML. Debug these problems and resolve them,
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then re-run make-manuals. (Each time you run make-manuals, it
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empties the manuals/ directory and regenerates the files there, but
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if the files in manuals/ can be used without regeneration, i.e. if
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the problem you solved doesn't affect the produced HTML, you can
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invoke make-manuals with the -c switch, which will make the process
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much faster.)
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Now change to the 'manual' directory and invoke upload-manuals:
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../admin/upload-manuals /path/to/webpages/cvs/checkout
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where /path/to/webpages/cvs/checkout is the place where you have the
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CVS checkout of the Emacs Web pages, with subdirectories 'manual'
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and 'refcards'. This moves the produced manuals to directories in
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the Web pages CVS checkout tree, and also invokes CVS commands to
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commit changed files, add new files, and remove stale files that are
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no longer part of the manuals.
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If upload-manuals fails, resolve the problems and re-invoke it.
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This requires running make-manuals again, since upload-manuals
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destructively modifies the 'manual' directory where you invoke it.
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Also, upload-manuals invokes "cvs commit -f", so if you run it
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several times, some files will be committed more than once even
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though they were not changed in-between. Suck it up.
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All the added and removed files need to be committed, so next fire
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up Emacs, type "C-x v d" to invoke vc-dir on the Web pages checkout,
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and use "C-x v v" and other VC commands to commit all the files that
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upload-manuals didn't automatically commit. (You can also do that
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with manual CVS commands, of course, but this is not recommended.)
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Next, make sure that manual/index.html file is consistent with the
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info/dir file in the branch for which you are producing the manuals,
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in that it mentions all the manuals. It could be outdated if
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manuals were added or removed since the last release.
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For each new manual, a file manual/MANUAL.html (where MANUAL is the
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name of the manual) should be created from the template in
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manual/eww.html, after editing the title and the Copyright years,
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and the links in it changed to point to the appropriate files in the
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manual/html_node/ and manual/html_mono/ subdirectories.
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In addition, the file refcards/index.html should be audited to make
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sure it includes the up-to-date list of refcards actually produced
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and put under that subdirectory.
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Browsing <https://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/?root=emacs> is one
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way to check for any files that still need updating.
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