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authorSøren Sandmann Pedersen <ssp@redhat.com>2010-02-24 22:09:41 -0500
committerSøren Sandmann Pedersen <ssp@redhat.com>2010-02-24 22:10:24 -0500
commit7bc4cd42c3549f3f2354f50a7cf21ce9ccc8de7b (patch)
tree82e51787afb2a561ffcfa28f6697756eaa6547bd /RELEASING
parent7392a350f2808146842be0924ca289c5df6c8922 (diff)
RELEASING: Update the release instructions.
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diff --git a/RELEASING b/RELEASING
index 66b9554..7ddcef4 100644
--- a/RELEASING
+++ b/RELEASING
@@ -11,30 +11,27 @@ Here are the steps to follow to create a new pixman release:
git log master...origin (no output; note: *3* dots)
2) Increment pixman_(major|minor|micro) in configure.ac according to
- the directions in that file.
+ the directions in that file. Use git commit to record this.
-3) Run
+3) Make sure that new version works, including
- make PREV=<last version> release-check
+ - make distcheck passes
- and fix things until it passes. If your freedesktop username is
- different from your local username, then also set the variable
- USER on the commandline.
+ - the X server still works with the new pixman version
+ installed
- A very useful thing to do is to run the cairo test suite
- against pixman. This can be done by running the following
- commands in the "test" directory of the latest cairo release:
+ - the cairo test suite hasn't gained any new failures compared
+ to last pixman version.
- tar xzf cairo-X.Y.Z.tar.gz
- cd cairo
- CAIRO_TEST_TARGET=image make test
-
-4) Use "git commit" to record any changes made in steps 2 and 3.
+4) Use "git commit" to record any changes made in step 3.
5) Generate and publish the tar files by running
make PREV=<last version> GPGKEY=<your gpg key id> release-publish
+ If your freedesktop user name is different from your local one,
+ then also set the variable USER to your freedesktop user name.
+
6) Run
make release-publish-message
@@ -44,7 +41,7 @@ Here are the steps to follow to create a new pixman release:
cairo-announce@cairographics.org
- and
+ pixman@lists.freedesktop.org
xorg-announce@lists.freedesktop.org
@@ -56,5 +53,5 @@ Here are the steps to follow to create a new pixman release:
git push --tags
You must use "--tags" here; otherwise the new tag will not
- be pushed out. This is because technobabble.
+ be pushed out.