X-Git-Url: http://git.marmaro.de/?p=mmh;a=blobdiff_plain;f=docs%2FREADME.developers;h=23a1d2df457334539b38b40f699a883ed31200db;hp=351a27de5716c67bb91431e3fe3201f0865f7955;hb=4a6d6b0b6d7c306c3d73e39a6a76f016ff60a6b1;hpb=814636fe9919b8c365bfa19479f6f9a79ad87ed5 diff --git a/docs/README.developers b/docs/README.developers index 351a27d..23a1d2d 100644 --- a/docs/README.developers +++ b/docs/README.developers @@ -28,12 +28,10 @@ view of the developers (and the autoconf script). Note that the automatically generated autoconf files (such as config.h.in, stamp-h.in, and configure), are NOT kept in CVS. Thus, when you check out -a CVS tree, you need to do the following things before you can build +a CVS tree, you need to run the autogen.sh script before you can build anything: - % autoheader - % autoconf - % date > stamp-h.in + % ./autogen.sh ------------------- directory structure @@ -201,24 +199,32 @@ 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) - 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. +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) + + 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).