Author: danielsh
Date: Wed Mar 16 21:52:00 2022
New Revision: 1898975
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1898975&view=rev
Log:
[in site/staging]
* docs/community-guide/releasing.part.html
(#before-release-pristine-tools): A number of minor changes:
- Add emphasis
- Link to a downstream bug to explain why pristine upstream versions are
needed
- Update pointer to build tools' version numbers
Modified:
subversion/site/staging/docs/community-guide/releasing.part.html
Modified: subversion/site/staging/docs/community-guide/releasing.part.html
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/subversion/site/staging/docs/community-guide/releasing.part.html?rev=1898975&r1=1898974&r2=1898975&view=diff
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--- subversion/site/staging/docs/community-guide/releasing.part.html (original)
+++ subversion/site/staging/docs/community-guide/releasing.part.html Wed Mar 16
21:52:00 2022
@@ -835,9 +835,14 @@ list of available subcommands.</p>
set up a white-room rolling environment. This environment must
contain pristine versions of some build tools.</p>
-<p>It is important that you do not use distribution shipped versions
+<p>It is important that you <em>do not</em> use distribution shipped versions
of this software as they are often patched in ways that are not
-portable. The version numbers given above should normally be
+portable (e.g., Debian's libtool patch:
+<a href="https://bugs.debian.org/291641";>#291641</a>,
+<a href="https://bugs.debian.org/320698";>#320698</a>.)
+The version numbers given in <a
+href="https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk/tools/dist/release-lines.yaml";
+><tt>tools/dist/release-lines.yaml</tt></a> should normally be
reconsidered and increased to the latest stable upstream release in
the time leading up to an A.B.0 release. Changing the version within
an A.B.x series should only be done with careful consideration.</p>
