Author: coke Date: Tue Mar 13 07:27:34 2007 New Revision: 17461 Modified: trunk/ (props changed) trunk/docs/project/release_manager_guide.pod
Log: minor cleanup to release guide Modified: trunk/docs/project/release_manager_guide.pod ============================================================================== --- trunk/docs/project/release_manager_guide.pod (original) +++ trunk/docs/project/release_manager_guide.pod Tue Mar 13 07:27:34 2007 @@ -35,42 +35,40 @@ =item a -Increment the version number in F<VERSION>, F<parrot.spec>, -F<MANIFEST.generated>, and F<META.yml> +Increment the version number in the following files: +F<VERSION>, F<parrot.spec>, F<MANIFEST.generated>, F<META.yml>, +F<README>. + +Also update the version number, date, and your name in the +following files: F<DEVELOPING>, F<docs/parrothist.pod>, +and F<docs/ROADMAP.pod> =item b -Change the information in F<DEVELOPING> to reflect this release's -version number and date. +Update F<ChangeLog>, F<NEWS> with the new version number and any other +changes that have occurred since the last release: Hopefully these files +are being updated as committers work. =item c -Update F<README>. - -=item d - -Update F<ChangeLog>, F<NEWS>, F<docs/parrothist.pod>, and F<docs/ROADMAP.pod>. - -=item e - Make sure F<RESPONSIBLE_PARTIES> is still accurate. -=item f +=item d Run C<perl t/harness t/distro/*.t>, and either fix what those tests complain about, or fix them so they don't complain. -=item g +=item e Update F<PBC_COMPAT>, perhaps by collapsing intra-release entries into a single entry naming the release. -=item h +=item f Run C<perl tools/dev/pbc_header.pl --upd t/native_pbc/*.pbc> to update version and fingerprint in the native tests. -=item i +=item g Make sure everything works: @@ -92,7 +90,7 @@ =item a -Delete F<DEVELOPING>, and it's corresponding F<MANIFEST> entry. +Delete F<DEVELOPING>, and its corresponding F<MANIFEST> entry. This file should never appear in a release. =item b @@ -121,7 +119,7 @@ =item 7. Tag the release as "RELEASE_a_b_c", where a.b.c is the version number. If -you're working in head, be sure to specify the revision number generated +you're working in trunk, be sure to specify the revision number generated in step 3, above. $ export SVNPARROT=https://svn.perl.org/parrot
