From d11343ac79e87f9bddcf0933d5648ce378276d7e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Zbigniew=20J=C4=99drzejewski-Szmek?= Date: Tue, 31 May 2016 13:43:41 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Add RELEASE.md file which lists the steps needed for release I put it in .github, so it doesn't stand out too much; after all it's not interesting to most people. --- .github/RELEASE.md | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) create mode 100644 .github/RELEASE.md diff --git a/.github/RELEASE.md b/.github/RELEASE.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..2807667a30 --- /dev/null +++ b/.github/RELEASE.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +# Steps to a successful release + +1. Add all items to NEWS +2. Update the contributors list in NEWS ("make git-contrib") +3. Update the time and place in NEWS +4. Update version in configure.ac and library numbers in Makefile.am +5. Check that "make distcheck" works +6. Tag the release ("make git-tag") +7. Upload the documentation ("make doc-sync") +8. Close the github milestone and open a new one (https://github.com/systemd/systemd/milestones) +9. Send announcement to systemd-devel, with a copy&paste from NEWS +10. Update IRC topic ("/msg chanserv TOPIC #systemd Version NNN released")