gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.
commit df0367f42ad4d52c90c231ca78de4e0a6b93b98f
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Fri Apr 3 02:17:16 2026 -0500
FOR-RELEASE: Clarify and update procedures.
---
FOR-RELEASE | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/FOR-RELEASE b/FOR-RELEASE
index 177089d34..6e43668b5 100644
--- a/FOR-RELEASE
+++ b/FOR-RELEASE
@@ -56,16 +56,25 @@ Before Release
* Update the "gnulib" sub-module and "bootstrap" script to the latest
stable versions. See the "HACKING" file for instructions.
+Subsequent steps tend to be repeated as multiple release candidates are
+prepared, as applicable.
+
+*** Begin loop
+
+* Announce a code freeze to the groff development mailing list. The
+ maintainer must decide upon the scope, duration, and "hardness" of the
+ freeze.
+
* Update the release version number where it is hard-coded or
represented as "next".
+ NEWS (append or remove "release candidate" as applicable)
+ arch/mingw/grap2graph.cmd
* Update in "src/roff/groff/groff.cpp" the 'printf' that displays the
- copyright to include the current year if it is not present. (If no
- copyrightable changes to the project's code have been made in the
- current calendar year, use the most recent year in which they have;
- see the "HACKING" file.)
+ copyright notice to include the current year if it is not present.
+ (If no copyrightable changes to the project's code have been made in
+ the current calendar year, use the most recent year in which they
+ have; see the "HACKING" file.)
* Run the "set-man-page-time-stamps" Makefile target from your build
directory to fix up the stamps on the man pages.
@@ -109,6 +118,7 @@ Before Release
https://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/maintain.html#Automated-Upload-Procedure
+*** End loop
After Release
=============
@@ -117,14 +127,8 @@ After Release
and its detached signature file to percolate through GNU's mirror
network.
-* For official releases, update the groff home page.
-
-* Make an email announcement per the "ANNOUNCE" (release notes) file.
-
-* If warranted, update the "ANNOUNCE" file to make it a template for the
- next release.
-
-* Update the groff home page, which is kept under CVS revision control.
+* For official releases, update the groff home page, which is kept under
+* CVS revision control.
$ cvs -z3 -d:ext:[email protected]:/web/groff co groff
@@ -187,7 +191,13 @@ After Release
reason the site's web server doesn't seem to always update the
metadata that assist the browser to recognize a stale cache entry.
-* Update groff's entry at the FSF's Free Software Directory.
+* Make an email announcement per the "ANNOUNCE" (release notes) file.
+
+* If warranted, update the "ANNOUNCE" file to make it a template for the
+ next release.
+
+* For official releases, update groff's entry at the FSF's Free Software
+ Directory.
https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Groff
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