4) Update the version numbers in GUILE-VERSION, and README, to remove the
"unreleased" indications. They should be straight numbers, of the form
"N.M", not alpha numbers, of the form "N.Ma".
-5) Do a `cvs update -A', to get rid of any sticky tags.
-6) Commit all changes to the CVS repository.
-7) Verify that the disty works, too:
+5) Choose new interface numbers for shared libraries.
+6) Do a `cvs update -A', to get rid of any sticky tags.
+7) Commit all changes to the CVS repository.
+8) Verify that the disty works, too:
a) Make a disty, using 'make dist'.
b) Unpack it somewhere else.
c) Remove automake and autoconf from your path, or turn off their
d) Configure, make, and install.
e) Test the installed version; don't forget to unset SCHEME_LOAD_PATH.
f) If you made any fixes, commit them, and start from a) again
-8) Tag the entire source tree with a tag of the form "release_N_M".
-9) Copy the tar file over to the GNU machines, and ask the appropriate
- person to put it on prep. At the time of this writing, Daniel Hagerty
- <hag@ai.mit.edu> has been generous about helping with that.
-10) Send an announcement message to gnu-announce@prep.ai.mit.edu. If I
+9) Tag the entire source tree with a tag of the form "release_N_M".
+10) Copy the tar file over to the GNU machines, and ask the appropriate
+ person to put it on prep. At the time of this writing, Daniel Hagerty
+ <hag@ai.mit.edu> has been generous about helping with that.
+11) Send an announcement message to gnu-announce@prep.ai.mit.edu. If I
remember correctly, the moderator will delay it until the tar file
appears on prep. The announcement text should be mostly taken from
Guile's README file.
-11) Tweak the version numbers in GUILE-VERSION, and README to indicate that
+12) Tweak the version numbers in GUILE-VERSION, and README to indicate that
the sources are snapshot again. Snapshots should have version numbers
of the form "N.Ma", where the "a" means "alpha".
-12) Start a new section of the NEWS file.
-13) Send mail to majordomo-owner@cygnus.com updating the message you get
+13) Start a new section of the NEWS file.
+14) Send mail to majordomo-owner@cygnus.com updating the message you get
when you ask majordomo for "info guile".