Author: bugman Date: Fri Sep 5 09:47:22 2014 New Revision: 25658 URL: http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/relax?rev=25658&view=rev Log: Updated the 'Announcement' section of the release checklist document.
This now includes details about initially composing the message using the relax wiki (http://wiki.nmr-relax.com), and then how that text and the CHANGES file are used for the email announcement (http://news.gmane.org/gmane.science.nmr.relax.announce) and the Gna! news item (https://gna.org/news/?group=relax). Modified: trunk/docs/Release_Checklist Modified: trunk/docs/Release_Checklist URL: http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/relax/trunk/docs/Release_Checklist?rev=25658&r1=25657&r2=25658&view=diff ============================================================================== --- trunk/docs/Release_Checklist (original) +++ trunk/docs/Release_Checklist Fri Sep 5 09:47:22 2014 @@ -180,16 +180,37 @@ Announcement ============ -Post the release message to the relax-announce mailing list and as a news item on the relax Gna! website. +Compose and edit the message on the relax wiki, then post the release message to the relax-announce mailing list and as a news item on the relax Gna! website. + + +Wiki +---- + +Create a new release page at the URL http://wiki.nmr-relax.com/Relax_x.y.z. Use, for example, http://wiki.nmr-relax.com/Relax_3.3.0 as a guide. The basic page structure is as follows: + + {{lowercase title}} - Start with this to allow the title to be in lowercase. The URL on a wiki always starts with a capital, but the title can be changed to lowercase in this way. + = Description = - Create this section by writing a detailed and full description of the release. + = Download = - Create this section with links for downloading the release (simply copy the text from an older release). + = CHANGES file = - Create this section by cutting and pasting the part of the CHANGES file for this release. Convert the Features, Changes, and Bugfixes titles to the subsection format == Features ==, == Changes ==, and == Bugfixes ==. Strip all leading whitespace from the full list of changes so that the wiki can format the text. + = See also = - Finally create this section which simply contains the text [[Category:Release_Notes]]. Mailing list ------------ -On the relax-announce mailing list, write a detailed and full description of the release. Also add a paragraph with links for downloading the release. At the end, add a section titled 'The full list of changes is:' and cut and paste the part of the CHANGES file for this release. Include links to the trackers in the full list of changes. +On the relax-announce mailing list (relax-announce att gna.org), write the release announcement by: + + - Copying the 'Description' and 'Download' text from the wiki. Do not include the section titles. + - At the end, add a section titled 'The full list of changes is:' and cut and paste the part of the CHANGES file for this release. Do not use the wiki text for this. + - Include links to the trackers in the full list of changes, if not already present. Gna! news item -------------- -For the news item, firstly cut and paste the mailing list message. Item references such as bug #7641, task #3122, etc. are automatically converted into links. Create three sections using the Savane markup (recipe #236). Call these = Description =, = Download =, and = Full list of changes =. For the last section, use the subtitles == Features == , == Changes == , and == Bugfixes ==. The items in this section start with '* ' to create an unnumbered list. Strip all leading whitespace from the full list of changes and remove all the links to the trackers (as these will be automatically created). +The steps are: + + - Log into Gna! and go to https://gna.org/news/submit.php?group=relax. + - Cut and paste all of the wiki text. Delete the initial lower case title formatting text and the final 'See also' section. + - Item references such as bug #7641, task #3122, etc. are automatically converted into links, therefore remove all links to the trackers. + - As the Savane markup (recipe #236, https://gna.org/cookbook/?func=detailitem&item_id=236) for sectioning is the same as the wiki, the section titles = Description =, = Download =, and = Full list of changes = do not need to be modified. The same for the subtitles == Features ==, == Changes ==, and == Bugfixes ==. The leading whitespace from the full list of changes must be stripped, but this should already be done in the wiki text. _______________________________________________ relax (http://www.nmr-relax.com) This is the relax-commits mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this list, get a password reminder, or change your subscription options, visit the list information page at https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/relax-commits
