Instructions to create pretest or release tarballs.
--- originally written by Eli Zaretskii, amended by Francesco Potortì
+-- originally written by Gerd Moellmann, amended by Francesco Potortì
+ with the initial help of Eli Zaretskii
For each step, check for possible errors.
-1. cvs -q update -Pd
+1. cvs -q update -Pd
2. Bootstrap to make 100% sure all elc files are up-to-date, and to
make sure that the later tagged version will bootstrap, should it be
necessary to check it out.
-3. Set the version number (M-x load-file RET admin/admin.el RET, then
+3. Regenerate Emacs' AUTHORS file (M-x load-file RET
+ lisp/emacs-lisp/authors.el RET, then M-x authors RET, then save
+ the *Authors* buffer). This may require fixing syntactically
+ incorrect ChangeLog entries beforehand.
+
+4. Set the version number (M-x load-file RET admin/admin.el RET, then
M-x set-version RET). For a release, add released change log
entries (M-x add-release-logs RET).
-4. rm configure; make bootstrap
+5. rm configure; make bootstrap
-5. Commit configure, loaddefs.el, cus-load.el, finder-inf.el, README,
- emacs.texi.
+6. Commit configure, README, AUTHORS, lisp/finder-inf.el,
+ lisp/version.el, man/emacs.texi, lispref/elisp.texi,
+ mac/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/InfoPlist.strings,
+ mac/src/Emacs.r, nt/emacs.rc. Copy lisp/loaddefs.el to
+ lisp/ldefs-boot.el and commit lisp/ldefs-boot.el. For a release,
+ also commit the ChangeLog files in all directories.
-6. make-dist --snapshot. Check the contents of the new tar with
- admin/diff-tar-files against an older tar file. Some old pretest
- tarballs are kept under fencepost.gnu.org:~pot/emacs-pretest/.
+7. make-dist --snapshot. Check the contents of the new tar with
+ admin/diff-tar-files against an older tar file. Some old pretest
+ tarballs are kept under fencepost.gnu.org:~pot/emacs-pretest/, while
+ old emacs tarballs are at <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/>.
-7. xdelta delta emacs-OLD.tar.gz emacs-NEW.tar.gz emacs-OLD-NEW.xdelta
+8. xdelta delta emacs-OLD.tar.gz emacs-NEW.tar.gz emacs-OLD-NEW.xdelta
-8. tar -zxf emacs-NEW.tar.gz; cd emacs-NEW
- configure && make && make -n install
+9. tar -zxf emacs-NEW.tar.gz; cd emacs-NEW
+ ./configure && make && make -n install
Use `script' or M-x compile to save the compilation log in
compile-NEW.log and compare it against an old one. The easiest way
to do that is to visit the old log in Emacs, change the version
number of the old Emacs to __, do the same with the new log and do
- M-x ediff. Especially check that Info files aren't built.
+ M-x ediff. Especially check that Info files aren't built.
+
+10. cd EMACS_ROOT_DIR; cvs tag TAG
+ TAG is EMACS_PRETEST_XX_YY_ZZZ for a pretest, EMACS_XX_YY for a
+ release.
-9. cd EMACS_ROOT_DIR; cvs tag TAG
- TAG is EMACS_PRETEST_XX_YY_ZZZ for a pretest. Don't know for a release.
+11. admin/make-announcement OLD NEW
+ This creates an announcement for pretests. OLD is the version used
+ to make deltas with respect to NEW. Announcements for releases need
+ to be crafted by hand. Use an older announcement to start with:
+ look in ssh://fencepost.gnu.org/~pot/emacs-tarballs/.
-10. admin/make-announcement OLD NEW
- This creates an announcement for pretests. Don't know for a release.
+12. Now you should upload the files to the GNU ftp server. In order to
+ do that, you must be registered as an Emacs maintainer and have your
+ GPG key acknowledged by the ftp people. Mail <ftp-upload@gnu.org>
+ for instructions. Once you are there, for each file FILE to be
+ released, create a detached GPG binary signature and a clearsigned
+ directive file like this:
+ gpg -b FILE
+ echo directory: emacs/pretest > FILE.directive (for a pretest)
+ echo directory: emacs > FILE.directive (for a release)
+ gpg --clearsign FILE.directive
+ Upload by anonymous ftp to ftp://ftp-upload.gnu.org/ the files FILE,
+ FILE.sig, FILE.directive.asc.
+ For a release, place the files in the /incoming/ftp directory.
+ For a pretest, place the files in /incoming/alpha instead, so that
+ they appear on ftp://alpha.gnu.org/.
-11. rsync emacs-NEW.tar.gz emacs-OLD-NEW.xdelta compile-NEW.log \
- emacs-new.announce alpha.gnu.org:/home/alpha/gnu/emacs/pretest/
+13. After five minutes, verify that the files are visible at
+ ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/pretest/ for a pretest, at
+ ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/ for a release.
-12. Verify that after five minutes at most the files appear on
- ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/pretest/.
+14. For a pretest, let Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> know about the new pretest and
+ tell him to announce it using the announcement you prepared. Remind
+ him to set a Reply-to header to <emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org>.
+ For a release, Richard should prepare the announcement himself,
+ possibly starting from a previous announcment.
-13. Let Richard Stallman know about the new pretest and tell him to
- announce it using the announcement you prepared. Remind him to set
- a Reply-to header to <emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org>.
+# arch-tag: c23c771f-ca26-4584-8a04-50ecf0989390