X-Git-Url: http://git.hcoop.net/bpt/emacs.git/blobdiff_plain/3f0607e49476578a260289a51a84639b1885c161..177f1b0e21fa9454def19912d1e257d40619d59f:/admin/README diff --git a/admin/README b/admin/README index 3ead990284..3f85d475d7 100644 --- a/admin/README +++ b/admin/README @@ -1,22 +1,66 @@ +Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, + 2010, 2011, 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +See the end of the file for license conditions. + + + The admin directory + This directory contains scripts and other things useful for developing and maintaining Emacs. These files are not part of Emacs releases because they are not deemed generally useful, and you have to know what you do when using them. -Brief description of scripts found here: - -admin.el utilities for setting version numbers and alike -alloc-color.c a utility program that allocates a given number of - colors on X. Can be used to debug Emacs with - dense colormaps (PseudoColor). -build-configs build Emacs in various configurations -check-doc-strings check doc strings against documentation -cus-test.el tests for custom types and load problems -diff-tar-files show files added/removed between two tar files -make-emacs build Emacs in various ways -make-tarball.txt instructions to create pretest or release tarballs -quick-install-emacs install emacs quickly (`incrementally') -revdiff get CVS diffs of files + +* Instructions and scripts used to prepare an Emacs release. + +** FOR-RELEASE + +Living list of activities that must be completed before the next release. + +** make-tarball.txt + +Instructions to create pretest or release tarballs, annoucements, etc. + +** admin.el + +Utilities for setting version numbers and alike. + +** make-announcement, make-changelog-diff + +Scripts used to prepare release announcements. + + +* Scripts that can be used to build and test Emacs. + +** build-configs + +Build Emacs in various configurations. + +** make-emacs + +Build Emacs in various ways. + +** quick-install-emacs + +Install emacs quickly (`incrementally'). + +** alloc-colors.c + +A utility program that allocates a given number of colors on X. Can +be used to debug Emacs with dense colormaps (PseudoColor). + +** check-doc-strings + +Check doc strings against documentation. + +** cus-test.el + +Tests for custom types and load problems. + +** diff-tar-files + +Show files added/removed between two tar files. + Brief description of sub-directories: @@ -25,4 +69,25 @@ charsets scripts for generating charset map files unidata scripts for generating character property files in ../lisp/international + +This file is part of GNU Emacs. + +GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify +it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by +the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or +(at your option) any later version. + +GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, +but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the +GNU General Public License for more details. + +You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License +along with GNU Emacs. If not, see . + +Local variables: +mode: outline +paragraph-separate: "[ ]*$" +end: + # arch-tag: 812b9461-bc0a-46a7-925e-24bd41118463