gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.
commit b8ef50a3c5f3b3337116a35f2d742edcf927e6a2
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sat Feb 28 15:23:09 2026 -0600
FOR-RELEASE: Update procedures still more.
---
FOR-RELEASE | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++--------------
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/FOR-RELEASE b/FOR-RELEASE
index 832e00ab5..bfb401298 100644
--- a/FOR-RELEASE
+++ b/FOR-RELEASE
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ Before Release
https://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/maintain.html#Automated-Upload-Registration
* Update "grog.pl" to include the names of new GNU troff requests and
- macro names unique to packages (and sufficiently heavily used in
- typical documents).
+ macro names unique to specific packages (and sufficiently heavily used
+ in typical documents).
* Update font description files that we generate from external data and
provide with our source distribution.
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Before Release
* Update the release version number where it is hard-coded or
represented as "next".
- + NEWS (append "release candidate" as applicable)
+ + NEWS (append or remove "release candidate" as applicable)
+ arch/mingw/grap2graph.cmd
* Update in "src/roff/groff/groff.cpp" the 'printf' that displays the
@@ -70,14 +70,16 @@ Before Release
not a good idea for any tests to be failing, but if they are, note the
fact prominently in the release notes.
-* For final releases only (not release candidates), update
+* For official releases only (not release candidates), update
"doc/webpage.ms" to record the new version number and month of its
issue.
-* Increment the version number by tagging the release, beta, or release
- candidate. Sign the tag. groff requires an explicit three-part
- version, major.minor.revision, due to the .Y register. Push this
- signed tag to the repository.
+* For official releases only, log the fact (and date!) of the release in
+ the "ChangeLog" file.
+
+* Increment the version number by tagging the release or release
+ candidate. Sign the tag. groff requires a three-part version,
+ major.minor.revision, so it can populate `.Y` extension register.
$ git tag -s -m 'release candidate 1.24.0.rc2' 1.24.0.rc2
@@ -107,12 +109,17 @@ Before Release
After Release
=============
-* For final releases, update the groff home page.
+* For official releases, update the groff home page.
+
+* For official releases, wait several hours for the distribution archive
+ and its detached signature file to percolate through GNU's mirror
+ network.
-* Make an announcement per the "ANNOUNCE" file.
+* Make an email announcement per the "ANNOUNCE" (release notes) file.
-* groff 1.24.0: Revise the sentence "Most commands installed by groff
- recognize this option." to say "All".
+* If warranted, update the "ANNOUNCE" file to make it a template for the
+ next release.
-* If the major or minor version number has been incremented, split off
- a historical ChangeLog file and add it to `EXTRA_DIST` in Makefile.am.
+* If the major or minor version number has incremented, split off
+ a historical "ChangeLog" file and add it to `EXTRA_DIST` in
+ "Makefile.am".
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