[gimp/gimp-2-8] Make required post-relase version bump more obvious
- From: Michael Schumacher <schumaml src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [gimp/gimp-2-8] Make required post-relase version bump more obvious
- Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 22:55:48 +0000 (UTC)
commit 6cd4e0f687b5db7dc91b0338f13fedc80b74fde6
Author: Michael Schumacher <schumaml gmx de>
Date: Thu Oct 27 00:53:17 2016 +0200
Make required post-relase version bump more obvious
... plus small styling fixes.
devel-docs/release-howto.txt | 20 ++++++++++++--------
1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/devel-docs/release-howto.txt b/devel-docs/release-howto.txt
index 663113c..22b2e9e 100644
--- a/devel-docs/release-howto.txt
+++ b/devel-docs/release-howto.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
a check-list for doing a GIMP release
( ) Announce a string freeze on the GIMP Developer mailing list.
-
+
Mention that a release is planned, what brach will be frozen, and
how long the string freeze is going to last. Plan for a couple of
weeks at least. No translatable strings must be touched during
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@
to the next odd micro and commit this change. GIT versions always
have odd micro numbers.
+ [ ] In configure.ac, modify gimp_micro_version accordingly.
+
+ [ ] In configure.ac, modify gimp_interface_age accordingly.
+
( ) Publish dist tarballs:
[ ] Use md5sum to create a checksum of the tarball (tar.bz2).
@@ -106,9 +110,9 @@
on the download server.
[ ] Change permissions of the new files to make them writable by
- the 'gimpadmins' group. This will allow other members of this
- group to correct mistakes and to update the 0.0_LATEST-IS-
- file next time.
+ the 'gimpadmins' group. This will allow other members of this
+ group to correct mistakes and to update the 0.0_LATEST-IS-
+ file next time.
( ) Add the new version to the GIMP product on bugzilla.gimp.org.
@@ -121,8 +125,8 @@
[ ] Create a news items for the release in content/news/
[ ] Commit and push the changes, the web server should then
- update itself soon (every 5 minutes). Go to
- https://testing.gimp.org to verify the changes.
+ update itself soon (it checks for updates every 5 minutes).
+ Go to https://testing.gimp.org to verify the changes.
( ) Grab a properly chilled beverage and enjoy yourself.
@@ -134,8 +138,8 @@
the changes you did in the testing branch.
[ ] Push the changes, the web server should then update itself
- soon (every 15 minutes). Got to https://www.gimp.org to
- verify the changes.
+ soon (it checks for updates every 15 minutes).
+ Go to https://www.gimp.org to verify the changes.
[ ] Due to the tendency of news sites to front-run release
articles even before actual announcements appear, publish
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