Split the releasing instructions into own document

This makes them better visible.

diff --git a/docs/README.developers b/docs/README.developers
index a450598..dcec2a7 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/README.developers
+++ b/docs/README.developers
@@ -97,83 +97,3 @@ you need to run the `autogen.sh' script before you can build anything:
 
        % ./autogen.sh
 
-
--------------
-releasing mmh
--------------
-
-To make a public release of mmh (we'll use version 1.0 as example
-here):
-
- 1. % echo 1.0 > VERSION
-    % date +"%Y-%m-%d" > DATE
-    (DATE should contain something like "2012-12-08")
-
- 2. % git commit VERSION DATE; git push
-
- 3. % git tag -a mmh-1.0 -m 'Releasing mmh-1.0'
-
- 4. % make mmhdist
-
- 5. Untar mmh-1.0.tar.gz and `diff -r' it vs. your workspace. Make
-    sure no files got left out of the distribution that should be in
-    it (due to someone forgetting to update the DIST variables in the
-    Makefiles).
-
- 6. If you have root access on your machine, it's good at this point
-    to do:
-
-    % chown -R 0:0 mmh-1.0
-    % tar cvf - mmh-1.0 | gzip -c > mmh-1.0.tar.gz
-
-    If you leave the files in the archive as being owned by yourself,
-    your UID may coincide with one of a user on a machine where mmh is
-    being installed, making it possible for that user to Trojan the mmh
-    code before the system administrator finishes installing it.
-
- 7. Make sure your new tarball uncompresses and untars with no problem.
-    Make sure you can configure, make, and install mmh from it.
-
- 8. If all is well and your tarball is final, go back to your workspace
-    and do:
-
-    % echo 1.0+dev > VERSION
-
- 9. % git commit VERSION; git push
-
-10. Generate an MD5 hash and a PGP signature of the tarball:
-
-    % md5sum mmh-1.0.tar.gz > mmh-1.0.tar.gz.md5sum
-    % gpg -ab mmh-1.0.tar.gz
-
-    You can verify the hash and signature with:
-
-    % md5sum -c mmh-1.0.tar.gz.md5sum
-    % gpg --verify mmh-1.0.tar.gz.asc
-
-11. Upload the files to the web space:
-
-    % scp -p mmh-1.0.tar.gz* marmaro.de:.../prog/mmh/
-
-12. Update the <http://marmaro.de/prog/mmh/> homepage.
-
-13. Add a news item to relevant pages, e.g. freshmeat.net.
-
-14. Send the release announcement email to the following places:
-    <nmh-workers@nongnu.org>
-    <nmh-announce@nongnu.org>
-    <mh-users@ics.uci.edu> *or* <comp.mail.mh> (bidirectional gateway)
-
-    If the release fixes significant security holes, also send an
-    announcement to bugtraq@securityfocus.com.
-
-    Preferably, the announcement should contain:
-    - the URL for the tarball
-    - the MD5 hash
-    - the URL of the website
-    - a brief summary of visible changes
-    - the URL of the git diff page that shows a detailed list of
-      changes. The changes between 0.9 and 1.0 would be shown by:
-      <http://git.marmaro.de/?p=mmh;a=commitdiff;hp=mmh-0.9;h=mmh-1.0>
-
-    Further more, the message should be PGP-signed.

diff --git a/docs/README.releasing b/docs/README.releasing
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..c526fb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/README.releasing
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+#
+# README.releasing
+#
+
+-------------
+releasing mmh
+-------------
+
+To make a public release of mmh (we'll use version 1.0 as example
+here):
+
+ 1. % echo 1.0 > VERSION
+    % date +"%Y-%m-%d" > DATE
+    (DATE should contain something like "2012-12-08")
+
+ 2. % git commit VERSION DATE; git push
+
+ 3. % git tag -a mmh-1.0 -m 'Releasing mmh-1.0'
+
+ 4. % make mmhdist
+
+ 5. Untar mmh-1.0.tar.gz and `diff -r' it vs. your workspace. Make
+    sure no files got left out of the distribution that should be in
+    it (due to someone forgetting to update the DIST variables in the
+    Makefiles).
+
+ 6. If you have root access on your machine, it's good at this point
+    to do:
+
+    % chown -R 0:0 mmh-1.0
+    % tar cvf - mmh-1.0 | gzip -c > mmh-1.0.tar.gz
+
+    If you leave the files in the archive as being owned by yourself,
+    your UID may coincide with one of a user on a machine where mmh is
+    being installed, making it possible for that user to Trojan the mmh
+    code before the system administrator finishes installing it.
+
+ 7. Make sure your new tarball uncompresses and untars with no problem.
+    Make sure you can configure, make, and install mmh from it.
+
+ 8. If all is well and your tarball is final, go back to your workspace
+    and do:
+
+    % echo 1.0+dev > VERSION
+
+ 9. % git commit VERSION; git push
+
+10. Generate an MD5 hash and a PGP signature of the tarball:
+
+    % md5sum mmh-1.0.tar.gz > mmh-1.0.tar.gz.md5sum
+    % gpg -ab mmh-1.0.tar.gz
+
+    You can verify the hash and signature with:
+
+    % md5sum -c mmh-1.0.tar.gz.md5sum
+    % gpg --verify mmh-1.0.tar.gz.asc
+
+11. Upload the files to the web space:
+
+    % scp -p mmh-1.0.tar.gz* marmaro.de:.../prog/mmh/
+
+12. Update the <http://marmaro.de/prog/mmh/> homepage.
+
+13. Add a news item to relevant websites.
+
+14. Send the release announcement email to the following places:
+    <mmh@marmaro.de>
+    <nmh-workers@nongnu.org>
+    <nmh-announce@nongnu.org>
+    <mh-users@ics.uci.edu> *or* <comp.mail.mh> (bidirectional gateway)
+
+    If the release fixes significant security holes, also send an
+    announcement to <bugtraq@securityfocus.com>.
+
+    Preferably, the announcement should contain:
+    - the URL for the tarball
+    - the MD5 hash
+    - the URL of the website
+    - a brief summary of visible changes
+    - the URL of the git diff page that shows a detailed list of
+      changes. The changes between 0.9 and 1.0 would be shown by:
+      <http://git.marmaro.de/?p=mmh;a=commitdiff;hp=mmh-0.9;h=mmh-1.0>
+
+    Further more, the message should be PGP-signed.