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* admin/notes/versioning: Add information about RC releases.
* admin/release-process: Document the release process.
* admin/authors.el (authors-ignored-files):
* admin/README: Change FOR-RELEASE to release-process.
* CONTRIBUTE:
* admin/notes/bugtracker: Don't mention FOR-RELEASE.
(cherry picked from commit 9a4aa0f594)
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GNU EMACS VERSIONING -*- org -*-
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Ref: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2014-09/msg00872.html
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Emacs version numbers have the form
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major.minor[.devel].build
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"build" increments each time Emacs is built in the same location
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(without cleaning) and isn't really part of the version.
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Bugfix releases increase "minor" by 1.
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Non-bugfix releases increase "major" by 1, and reset "minor" to 1.
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(The division between bugfix and non-bugfix has not always been clear
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historically.)
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Unreleased (development) versions have an extra "devel" component.
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This is a fairly meaningless number that may be unchanged for a long time.
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It is normally 50.
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After we cut the release branch, we’ll make pretest and release
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candidate (RC) releases. For pretest releases, the "devel" component
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changes to 90, 91, ... When the first RC release is made, this
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component is removed. Normally, there is one RC release, unless an
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unexpected last-minute problem occurs.
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The development version for a new major release has "minor" = 0.
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The development version for a new minor release has "minor" = that of
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the previous release.
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