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| author | Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> | 2016-05-31 13:43:41 -0400 |
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| committer | Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> | 2016-06-12 22:23:57 -0400 |
| commit | d11343ac79e87f9bddcf0933d5648ce378276d7e (patch) | |
| tree | 881080f4e501f9c666a9cfc0037eba97db4e766a /.github/RELEASE.md | |
| parent | 476ef627afd01ac97080280ccdf6489101b0f1bc (diff) | |
Add RELEASE.md file which lists the steps needed for release
I put it in .github, so it doesn't stand out too much; after all
it's not interesting to most people.
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diff --git a/.github/RELEASE.md b/.github/RELEASE.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..2807667a30 --- /dev/null +++ b/.github/RELEASE.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +# Steps to a successful release + +1. Add all items to NEWS +2. Update the contributors list in NEWS ("make git-contrib") +3. Update the time and place in NEWS +4. Update version in configure.ac and library numbers in Makefile.am +5. Check that "make distcheck" works +6. Tag the release ("make git-tag") +7. Upload the documentation ("make doc-sync") +8. Close the github milestone and open a new one (https://github.com/systemd/systemd/milestones) +9. Send announcement to systemd-devel, with a copy&paste from NEWS +10. Update IRC topic ("/msg chanserv TOPIC #systemd Version NNN released") |