From 9e4a1ee063273a17fff2efacf4620986e2410562 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Glenn Morris Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2013 18:14:29 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Add note about release candidate --- admin/make-tarball.txt | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/admin/make-tarball.txt b/admin/make-tarball.txt index cfae61e092..85cd505a28 100644 --- a/admin/make-tarball.txt +++ b/admin/make-tarball.txt @@ -50,6 +50,14 @@ General steps (for each step, check for possible errors): For a pretest, start at version .90. After .99, use .990 (so that it sorts). + The final pretest should be a release candidate. Set the version + number to that of the actual release. Pick a date about a week + from now when you intend to make the release. Use M-x add-release-logs + to add the ChangeLog entries for that date to the tar file (but + not yet to the repository). Name the tar file as + emacs-XX-Y-rc1.tar. If all goes well in the following week, you + can simply rename the file and use it for the actual release. + 5. autoreconf -i -I m4 --force make bootstrap -- 2.20.1