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| author | Søren Sandmann Pedersen <ssp@redhat.com> | 2010-02-24 22:09:41 -0500 |
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| committer | Søren Sandmann Pedersen <ssp@redhat.com> | 2010-02-24 22:10:24 -0500 |
| commit | 7bc4cd42c3549f3f2354f50a7cf21ce9ccc8de7b (patch) | |
| tree | 82e51787afb2a561ffcfa28f6697756eaa6547bd | |
| parent | 7392a350f2808146842be0924ca289c5df6c8922 (diff) | |
RELEASING: Update the release instructions.
| -rw-r--r-- | RELEASING | 29 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 16 deletions
@@ -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. |