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unposted: creating-a-release: Normalise white space, clarify some steps

(The need for these changes was discovered during the release of 5.8.1.
Daniel suggested one. They were hinted at in security/107)
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2022-04-02 dana <dana@dana.is>
* unposted (see security/107): Etc/creating-a-release.txt:
Normalise white space, clarify some steps
2022-04-01 Jun-ichi Takimoto <takimoto-j@kba.biglobe.ne.jp>
* 49943: Completion/Unix/Type/_time_zone: offer only filenames

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@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ To create a zsh release:
Config/version.mk to today's date
Config/version.mk version number
Etc/FAQ.yo
README
NEWS
Etc/FAQ.yo ('latest version' section)
README (first two paragraphs, 'incompatibilities since' sections)
NEWS ('changes since' sections)
The version-number sequence is as follows:
@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ To create a zsh release:
README should document compatibility-breaking changes. Generally, NEWS should
document new features and major bug fixes (but not routine fixes or changes to
completion/contrib functions).
completion/contrib functions). Historically, these documents have often been
missed at the time the changes were actually committed, so it may be a good
idea to scan back through the history and fill in any blanks before release.
For -test releases, you may update the FAQ, README, etc., to refer to the
upcoming stable version number.
@ -77,7 +79,7 @@ To create a zsh release:
- Create the keyring:
cat web.git/Keys/*.asc > zsh-keyring.asc
cat web.git/Keys/*.asc > zsh-keyring.asc
- Upload to sf.net:
@ -90,13 +92,13 @@ To create a zsh release:
You should upload five files:
zsh-5.8.tar.xz
zsh-5.8.tar.xz.asc
zsh-doc-5.8.tar.xz
zsh-doc-5.8.tar.xz.asc
zsh-keyring.asc
zsh-5.8.tar.xz
zsh-5.8.tar.xz.asc
zsh-doc-5.8.tar.xz
zsh-doc-5.8.tar.xz.asc
zsh-keyring.asc
(TODO: what about MD5SUM, FAQ, META-FAQ, all in www.zsh.org/pub/?)
(TODO: what about MD5SUM, FAQ, META-FAQ, all in www.zsh.org/pub/?)
Note that zsh-keyring.asc is fine to just overwrite, since it's only ever
appended to, and in any case the underlying Keys/*.asc files are in version
@ -142,8 +144,14 @@ To create a zsh release:
# several minutes to appear afterwards
rsync ...
- For stable releases, upload the build artefacts to zsh.org/pub; you may need
assistance from another dev if you don't have access to do this.
- For stable releases, upload the build artefacts to zsh.org/pub, making sure to
move the previous ones to old/. For example (assuming the new artefacts are in
the CWD):
mv /usr/local/www/ftp/pub/zsh-*.*(.) /usr/local/www/ftp/pub/old/
mv zsh-*.*(.) /usr/local/www/ftp/pub/
You may need assistance from another dev if you don't have access to do this.
- Post to -workers@