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Instructions to create pretest or release tarballs.
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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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For each step, check for possible errors.
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1. cvs -q update -Pd
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2. Bootstrap to make 100% sure all elc files are up-to-date, and to
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make sure that the later tagged version will bootstrap, should it be
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necessary to check it out.
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3. Regenerate Emacs' etc/AUTHORS file (M-x load-file RET
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lisp/emacs-lisp/authors.el RET, then M-x authors RET, then save
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the *Authors* buffer). This may require fixing syntactically
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incorrect ChangeLog entries beforehand.
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4. 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 release, add released change log
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entries (M-x add-release-logs RET).
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For a pretest, start at version .90. After .99, use .990 (so that
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it sorts).
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If needed, increment 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 release of Emacs. (This is probably needed only
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when preparing a major Emacs release, or branching for it.)
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5. rm configure; autoconf
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make bootstrap
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6. Commit configure, README, doc/emacs/emacs.texi,
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doc/lispref/elisp.texi, etc/AUTHORS, src/emacs.c, nt/emacs.rc,
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and lisp/cus-edit.el (if modified). Copy lisp/loaddefs.el to
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lisp/ldefs-boot.el and commit lisp/ldefs-boot.el. For a release,
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also commit the ChangeLog files in all directories.
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7. make-dist --snapshot. Check the contents of the new tar with
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admin/diff-tar-files against an older tar file. Some old pretest
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tarballs are kept under fencepost.gnu.org:~pot/emacs-pretest/, while
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old emacs tarballs are at <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/>.
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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 -f | grep -v CVS...etc' in a clean CVS tree,
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and compare the results against the new tar contents.
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8. xdelta delta emacs-OLD.tar.gz emacs-NEW.tar.gz emacs-OLD-NEW.xdelta
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9. tar -zxf emacs-NEW.tar.gz; cd emacs-NEW
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./configure && make && make -n 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.
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10. cd EMACS_ROOT_DIR; cvs tag TAG
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TAG is EMACS_PRETEST_XX_YY_ZZZ for a pretest, EMACS_XX_YY for a
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release.
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Shortly before the release, cut the branch with the following commands:
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cvs rtag EMACS_`NUMBER'_BASE
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cvs rtag -b EMACS_`NUMBER'_RC -r EMACS_`NUMBER'_BASE
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where `NUMBER' is the major version number of the release. This
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makes it easier to see what changes have been applied to the
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branch with:
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cvs diff -r EMACS_`NUMBER'_BASE -r EMACS_`NUMBER'_RC
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or merge changes back to the trunk with "cvs update -j", if
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necessary.
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After doing this, increase the version number on the trunk as per
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step 4.
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Also, open a Savannah support request asking for commits to the
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new branch to be sent to the emacs-diffs mailing list (by default,
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the list normally only gets commits to the trunk).
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11. 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. Mail <ftp-upload@gnu.org>
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for instructions. Once you are there, for each file FILE to be
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released, create a detached GPG binary signature and a clearsigned
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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 ftp://alpha.gnu.org/.
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For a release, upload a bz2 tarfile as well; this can save a lot
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of bandwidth.
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12. After five minutes, verify that the files are visible at
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ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/pretest/ for a pretest, at
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ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/ for a release.
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13. For a pretest, announce it on emacs-devel and BCC the pretesters.
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For a release, announce it on info-gnu@gnu.org,
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info-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, and emacs-devel.
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# arch-tag: c23c771f-ca26-4584-8a04-50ecf0989390
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