From 4eaed47f91c9de0b520ea41188be3fedae4b99ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Maydell Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 16:50:22 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update bit of docs about release announcements. --- ChangeLog | 5 +++++ docs/README.developers | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++---------------- 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index ed47591..e08e678 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2008-06-01 Peter Maydell + + * docs/README.developers: update the bits about doing a + release announcement, now I've actually done one. + 2008-05-22 Peter Maydell * uip/scansbr.c: don't use MB_CUR_MAX if we aren't compiled diff --git a/docs/README.developers b/docs/README.developers index f941e38..a85f37d 100644 --- a/docs/README.developers +++ b/docs/README.developers @@ -201,27 +201,32 @@ is to use something like "1.0.4-RC1"): Then scp them across: % scp -p nmh-1.0.4.tar.gz* youruser@dl.sv.nongnu.org:/releases/nmh/ -14. FIXME -- I suspect that at least some of the mailing lists here are not - correct any more. Needs checking. +14. Update the http://www.nongnu.org/nmh/ homepage. (It lives in the 'webpages + repository'; see https://savannah.nongnu.org/cvs/?group=nmh) + +15. Add a news item to the savannah nmh page. You'll have to submit it first + and then separately approve it (under News->Manage). + +16. Send the release announcement email to the following places: + nmh-workers@nongnu.org + nmh-announce@nongnu.org + exmh-users@redhat.com + exmh-workers@redhat.com + mh-e-users@lists.sourceforge.net + mh-users@ics.uci.edu *or* comp.mail.mh (there is a bidirectional gateway) - Send an announcement to exmh-users@redhat.com, exmh-workers@redhat.com, - mh-users@ics.uci.edu, and nmh-announce@mhost.com. If the release fixes - significant security holes, also send an announcement to - bugtraq@securityfocus.com. The exmh lists require you to be subscribed in - order to post. Note that you don't need to post separately to comp.mail.mh, - as the mh-users mailing list is apparently bidirectionally gatewayed to it. + If the release fixes significant security holes, also send an announcement + to bugtraq@securityfocus.com. The exmh lists require you to be subscribed + in order to post. Note that you don't need to post separately to + comp.mail.mh, as the mh-users mailing list is apparently bidirectionally + gatewayed to it. Preferably, the announcement should contain the MD5 hash generated above, - and should be PGP-signed. It should include the FTP URL for the tarball as + and should be PGP-signed. It should include the URL for the tarball as well as the URL of the website. It should contain a brief summary of visible changes, as well as the URL of the cvsweb diff page that would show - a detailed list of changes. The changes between 1.0.3 and 1.0.4 would be + a detailed list of changes. The changes between 1.2 and 1.3 would be shown by: - http://www.mhost.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb/nmh/ChangeLog?r1=1.40&r2=1.71 + http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/nmh/ChangeLog?root=nmh&r1=1.215&r2=1.254.2.13 -15. Add a news item to the savannah nmh page. You'll have to submit it first - and then separately approve it (under News->Manage). - -16. Update the http://www.nongnu.org/nmh/ homepage. (It lives in the 'webpages - repository'; see https://savannah.nongnu.org/cvs/?group=nmh) -- 1.7.10.4