b) Update NEWS and the Texinfo documentation as appropriate.
c) Remove the user-visible markers from the log entries once they're
documented.
-3) Update the version numbers in GUILE-VERSION, README,
+3) Update the version numbers in GUILE-VERSION, and README, to remove the
+ "unreleased" indications.
4) Commit all changes to the CVS repository.
5) 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
- execute bits, or something.
+ execute bits, or something. (Users should be able to build disty
+ without installing those tools.)
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 the top of 5).
<hag@ai.mit.edu> has usually been generous enough to help with that.
8) 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.
- a) Remember to give credit, but take responsibility.
+ appears on prep. The announcement text should be mostly taken from
+ Guile's README file.
+9) Tweak the version numbers in GUILE-VERSION, and README to indicate that
+ the sources are snapshot again.