1 Instructions to create pretest or release tarballs.
2 -- originally written by Eli Zaretskii, amended by Francesco Potortì
4 For each step, check for possible errors.
8 2. Bootstrap to make 100% sure all elc files are up-to-date, and to
9 make sure that the later tagged version will bootstrap, should it be
10 necessary to check it out.
12 3. Set the version number (M-x load-file RET admin/admin.el RET, then
13 M-x set-version RET). For a release, add released change log
14 entries (M-x add-release-logs RET).
16 4. rm configure; make bootstrap
18 5. Commit configure, README, lisp/loaddefs.el, lisp/cus-load.el,
19 lisp/finder-inf.el, lisp/version.el, man/emacs.texi. For a release,
20 also commit the ChangeLog files in all directories.
22 6. make-dist --snapshot. Check the contents of the new tar with
23 admin/diff-tar-files against an older tar file. Some old pretest
24 tarballs are kept under fencepost.gnu.org:~pot/emacs-pretest/, while
25 old emacs tarballs are at <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/>.
27 7. xdelta delta emacs-OLD.tar.gz emacs-NEW.tar.gz emacs-OLD-NEW.xdelta
29 8. tar -zxf emacs-NEW.tar.gz; cd emacs-NEW
30 configure && make && make -n install
31 Use `script' or M-x compile to save the compilation log in
32 compile-NEW.log and compare it against an old one. The easiest way
33 to do that is to visit the old log in Emacs, change the version
34 number of the old Emacs to __, do the same with the new log and do
35 M-x ediff. Especially check that Info files aren't built.
37 9. cd EMACS_ROOT_DIR; cvs tag TAG
38 TAG is EMACS_PRETEST_XX_YY_ZZZ for a pretest, EMACS_XX_YY for a
41 10. admin/make-announcement OLD NEW
42 This creates an announcement for pretests. OLD is the version used
43 to make deltas with respect to NEW. Anouncements for pretests need
44 to be crafted by hand. Use an older announcement to start with.
46 11. For a pretest, do:
47 rsync -aP emacs-NEW.tar.gz emacs-OLD-NEW.xdelta compile-NEW.log \
48 emacs-NEW.announce alpha.gnu.org:/home/alpha/gnu/emacs/pretest/.
50 rsync -aP emacs-NEW.tar.gz emacs-OLD-NEW.xdelta \
51 alpha.gnu.org:/home/ftp/gnu/emacs/.
53 12. Verify that the files are visible at
54 ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/pretest/ for a pretest, at
55 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/ for a release.
57 13. For a pretest, let Richard Stallman know about the new pretest and
58 tell him to announce it using the announcement you prepared. Remind
59 him to set a Reply-to header to <emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org>.
60 For a release, Richard should prepare the announcement himself,
61 possibly starting from a previous announcment.