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diff --git a/doc/releases.txt b/doc/releases.txt index a1b5478..1579b15 100644 --- a/doc/releases.txt +++ b/doc/releases.txt @@ -14,22 +14,26 @@ Day 35: Release Before the release: -* set :new :yes on any new backend .desc files +* set :new :yes on any new backend .desc files, by looking for added files: + + cd backend + ls | while read aa; do git log --follow --diff-filter=A --find-renames=40% --format="%ai $aa" "$aa"; done > foo.log + + Then inspect foo.log for any files added since the last release. * Make sure that config.guess and config.sub are up-to-date (get them from - savannah.gnu.org/projects/config) -* configure.in: increase version number -* configure.in: remove 'git' from textual version number -* configure.in: set is_release=yes -* OPTIONAL: aclocal.m4: recreate by running aclocal -* OPTIONAL: include/sane/config.h.in: recreate (autoheader in root of checkout) -* DONT run autoreconf, it will overwrite our custom ltmain.sh -* configure: recreate by running autoconf -* NEWS: update and enter date of release + savannah.gnu.org/projects/config) (git clone is easiest) +* configure.ac: remove 'git' from textual version number, and increment it +* run autoreconf --force but do *NOT* use the --install option as it will + overwrite our custom ltmain.sh +* ChangeLog: generate from git log, something like: + git log RELEASE_1_0_25..HEAD > ChangeLog +* NEWS: update and enter date of release, etc + Get list of heavily change backends via: git diff --stat RELEASE_1_0_25 + Get other things by reading ChangeLog * sane-backends.lsm: update -* ChangeLog: set release marker * git commit -a * tag git with release tag; e.g.: 'git tag -a RELEASE_1_0_15' -* probably DONT want to git push here, cause alioth will rebuild it's local +* probably DONT want to git push here, because alioth will rebuild it's local checkout needlessly Making the release: @@ -74,13 +78,17 @@ Announcing the release: After the release: -* move ChangeLog to ChangeLog-"version" -* start a new ChangeLog -* add ChangeLog-"version" to EXTRA_DIST in Makefile.in and Makefile.am -* configure.in: bump textual version & add 'git' suffix -* configure.in: bump V_REV -* configure.in: set is_release=no +#### consider not adding old changelogs to release package +* move ChangeLog to ChangeLogs/ChangeLog-"version" +* start a new ChangeLog, with the following message: + +This file is automatically generated at release time using git commit messages. + +For the latest changes please refer to the output of `git log` or see: +https://alioth.debian.org/plugins/scmgit/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=sane/sane-backends.git;a=log + +* configure.ac: bump textual version & add 'git' suffix * configure: regenerate with autoconf * remove the ':new' tag from any new backends .desc files * git add new files and commit -* git push --tags +* git push && git push --tags (one of these might give an error 'remote: fatal: bad object 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000', try the other one) |