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| author |  Jameson Graef Rollins <jrollins@finestructure.net> | 2011-05-05 09:38:38 -0700 |
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| committer |  Carl Worth <cworth@cworth.org> | 2011-06-01 13:08:26 -0700 |
| commit | 31a8cc356bbd416cf1b9e49c082e20375c6b8929 (patch) | |
| tree | 4911cbe63db39d947f59def9392758367223efdf /RELEASING | |
| parent | 574f408816e636f677b14384c18cc2e388991411 (diff) | |
add note about updating the debian symbols file to the RELEASE file
Diffstat (limited to 'RELEASING')
| -rw-r--r-- | RELEASING | 22 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -35,7 +35,21 @@ repository. From here, there are just a few steps to release: Commit this change, if any. -3) Upgrade the version in the file "version" +3) Update the debian/libnotmuch1.symbols file + + If the library version changed at all (step 2) it probably + means that symbols have changed/been added, in which case the + debian symbols file also needs to be updated: + + dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us + dpkg-gensymbols -plibnotmuch1 | patch -p0 + + Carefully review the changes to debian/libnotmuch1.symbols to + make sure there are no unexpected changes. + + Commit this change, if any. + +4) Upgrade the version in the file "version" The scheme for the release number is as follows: @@ -55,7 +69,7 @@ repository. From here, there are just a few steps to release: Commit this change. -4) Create an entry for the new release in debian/changelog +5) Create an entry for the new release in debian/changelog The syntax of this file is tightly restricted, but the available emacs mode (see the dpkg-dev-el package) helps. @@ -69,7 +83,7 @@ repository. From here, there are just a few steps to release: release, (taking entries from NEWS and the version from the version file, and creating a new commit, etc.) -5) Run "make release" which will perform the following steps. +6) Run "make release" which will perform the following steps. Note: If any problem occurs during the process, (such as a lintian warning that you decide should be fixed), you can abort at the @@ -98,7 +112,7 @@ repository. From here, there are just a few steps to release: * Push that tag * Provide some text for the release announcement (see below). -6) Send a message to notmuch@notmuchmail.org to announce the release. +7) Send a message to notmuch@notmuchmail.org to announce the release. Use the text provided from "make release" above, (if for some reason you lose this message, "make release-message" prints |