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authorJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2010-05-03 22:00:30 +0200
committerJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2010-05-03 22:21:31 +0200
commit9e42ecceff823a9f966b798bda5b33463d199277 (patch)
tree14464635456092b4d030cedf17223f183aa09e0b /README-release
parentca41dcff1dc4f434b4b53fc9067dd709b8867ef2 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-9e42ecceff823a9f966b798bda5b33463d199277.tar.xz
doc: factor hard-coded project-specific bits from README-release, ...
using the new --mail-headers option to gnulib's announce-gen, and the updated maint.mk rules to connect the pieces. * README-release: Remove hard-coded To:, Cc: etc. parts, now that they're emitted automatically into the announcement template. * cfg.mk (announcement_Cc_): Override the default. * gnulib: Update to latest, to get newer announce-gen and maint.mk.
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@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ FIXME: enable excluded programs like arch? to get their manual pages?
it builds and passes all tests.
* While that's happening, write the release announcement that you will
- soon post.
+ soon post. Start with the template, $HOME/announce-coreutils-X.Y
+ that was just created by that "make" command.
Once all the builds and tests have passed,
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ Once all the builds and tests have passed,
* Announce it on Savannah first, so you can include the preferable
savannah.org announcement link in the email message.
+
From here:
https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/coreutils/
click on the "submit news", then write something like the following:
@@ -86,13 +88,7 @@ Once all the builds and tests have passed,
Then go here to approve it:
https://savannah.gnu.org/news/approve.php?group=coreutils
-* Send the gpg-signed announcement mail, e.g.,
-
- To: info-gnu@gnu.org
- Cc: coordinator@translationproject.org, coreutils@gnu.org
- Cc: coreutils-announce@gnu.org
- Subject: coreutils-X.Y released [stable]
- Mail-Followup-To: bug-coreutils@gnu.org
+* Send the announcement email message.
* Approve the announcement here:
http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/admindb/coreutils-announce