1 Instructions to create pretest or release tarballs.
2 -- originally written by Gerd Moellmann, amended by Francesco Potortì
3 with the initial help of Eli Zaretskii
5 For each step, check for possible errors.
9 2. Bootstrap to make 100% sure all elc files are up-to-date, and to
10 make sure that the later tagged version will bootstrap, should it be
11 necessary to check it out.
13 3. Regenerate Emacs' AUTHORS file (M-x load-file RET
14 lisp/emacs-lisp/authors.el RET, then M-x authors RET, then save
15 the *Authors* buffer). This may require fixing syntactically
16 incorrect ChangeLog entries beforehand.
18 4. Set the version number (M-x load-file RET admin/admin.el RET, then
19 M-x set-version RET). For a release, add released change log
20 entries (M-x add-release-logs RET).
22 5. rm configure; make bootstrap
24 6. Commit configure, README, AUTHORS, lisp/finder-inf.el,
25 lisp/version.el, man/emacs.texi, lispref/elisp.texi,
26 mac/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/InfoPlist.strings,
27 mac/src/Emacs.r, nt/emacs.rc. Copy lisp/loaddefs.el to
28 lisp/ldefs-boot.el and commit lisp/ldefs-boot.el. For a release,
29 also commit the ChangeLog files in all directories.
31 7. make-dist --snapshot. Check the contents of the new tar with
32 admin/diff-tar-files against an older tar file. Some old pretest
33 tarballs are kept under fencepost.gnu.org:~pot/emacs-pretest/, while
34 old emacs tarballs are at <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/>.
36 8. xdelta delta emacs-OLD.tar.gz emacs-NEW.tar.gz emacs-OLD-NEW.xdelta
38 9. tar -zxf emacs-NEW.tar.gz; cd emacs-NEW
39 ./configure && make && make -n install
40 Use `script' or M-x compile to save the compilation log in
41 compile-NEW.log and compare it against an old one. The easiest way
42 to do that is to visit the old log in Emacs, change the version
43 number of the old Emacs to __, do the same with the new log and do
44 M-x ediff. Especially check that Info files aren't built.
46 10. cd EMACS_ROOT_DIR; cvs tag TAG
47 TAG is EMACS_PRETEST_XX_YY_ZZZ for a pretest, EMACS_XX_YY for a
50 11. admin/make-announcement OLD NEW
51 This creates an announcement for pretests. OLD is the version used
52 to make deltas with respect to NEW. Announcements for releases need
53 to be crafted by hand. Use an older announcement to start with:
54 look in ssh://fencepost.gnu.org/~pot/emacs-tarballs/.
56 12. Now you should upload the files to the GNU ftp server. In order to
57 do that, you must be registered as an Emacs maintainer and have your
58 GPG key acknowledged by the ftp people. Mail <ftp-upload@gnu.org>
59 for instructions. Once you are there, for each file FILE to be
60 released, create a detached GPG binary signature and a clearsigned
61 directive file like this:
63 echo directory: emacs/pretest > FILE.directive (for a pretest)
64 echo directory: emacs > FILE.directive (for a release)
65 gpg --clearsign FILE.directive
66 Upload by anonymous ftp to ftp://ftp-upload.gnu.org/ the files FILE,
67 FILE.sig, FILE.directive.asc.
68 For a release, place the files in the /incoming/ftp directory.
69 For a pretest, place the files in /incoming/alpha instead, so that
70 they appear on ftp://alpha.gnu.org/.
72 13. After five minutes, verify that the files are visible at
73 ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/pretest/ for a pretest, at
74 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/ for a release.
76 14. For a pretest, let Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> know about the new pretest and
77 tell him to announce it using the announcement you prepared. Remind
78 him to set a Reply-to header to <emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org>.
80 15. Shortly before the release, cut the branch with the following commands:
82 cvs rtag EMACS_`NUMBER'_BASE
83 cvs rtag -b EMACS_`NUMBER'_RC -r EMACS_`NUMBER'_BASE
85 where `NUMBER' is the major version number of the release. This makes it
86 easier to see what changes have been applied to the branch with:
88 cvs diff -r EMACS_`NUMBER'_BASE -r EMACS_`NUMBER'_RC
90 or merge changes back to the trunk with "cvs update -j", if necessary.
92 After doing this, increase the version number on the trunk as per step 4.
94 16. For a release, Richard should prepare the announcement himself,
95 possibly starting from a previous announcment.
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