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The release notes at SourceForge will need to be created and or updated. In general, this involves the following:
The release notes at SourceForge will need to be created and or updated. This file is generated from the template file: ''include/dist/release-notes.txt''. You should edit/view this file to make sure it looks OK for the current release.


* Create the file: "''src/sf/sf-release-notes-${VERSION}.html''" (copy an existing file to use as a starting point).
This template file will be used to produce: ''nst-RELEASE/release-notes-RELEASE.txt'' later during the release.
 
* Update the information contained in the file (MD5 sums, notes about the release, etc).
 
* Upload the release notes to SourceForge.
 
* Log into the SourceForge site and go to the file management area. Flag the newly uploaded file as a release notes document.
 
* Edit the properties for the other files uploaded for the release and associate them with the release notes document.
 
Here's example of how one might create and upload the release notes:
 
[root@nst-dev-32 repo]# cd src/sf
[root@nst-dev-32 sf]# cp sf-release-notes-2.11.0.html sf-release-notes-2.12.0.html
[root@nst-dev-32 sf]# emacs -nw sf-release-notes-2.12.0.html
... Edit release notes HTML ...
[root@nst-dev-32 sf]# make release-notes-upload
... Output related to the transfer to SourceForge ...
[root@nst-dev-32 sf]#

Latest revision as of 15:04, 6 October 2010

The release notes at SourceForge will need to be created and or updated. This file is generated from the template file: include/dist/release-notes.txt. You should edit/view this file to make sure it looks OK for the current release.

This template file will be used to produce: nst-RELEASE/release-notes-RELEASE.txt later during the release.

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