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maint: update etc/CHECKLIST file * etc/CHECKLIST: Update for current release procedure.
author John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
date Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:32:42 -0400
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1 Things to do before making a release: 1 Things to do before making a release:
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3 * Ask testers for the type(s) of machines they are using. 3 * Update the version number and release date in configure.ac.
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5 * Update the version number in src/version.h.
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7 * Update the version number in doc/refcard/refcard.tex.
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9 * Add a `Version M.N.P released.' line to the ChangeLog.
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11 * Update the NEWS file. 5 * Update the NEWS file.
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13 * Check the README file. 7 * Update the NEWS-<VERSION>.html, index.in, news.in, and download.in
8 files for the web site.
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15 * Run autoconf, autoheader, and configure before making tar files. 10 * Copy tarballs to ftp.gnu.org.
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17 * Update the NEWS and README.octave files in the anonymous ftp 12 * Post a release announcement to the help@octave.org and
18 directory. 13 info-gnu@gnu.org lists.