Rev 6015: More tweaks and typo fixes. in file:///home/vila/src/bzr/releases/work/
Vincent Ladeuil
v.ladeuil+lp at free.fr
Tue Jul 19 07:13:49 UTC 2011
At file:///home/vila/src/bzr/releases/work/
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revno: 6015
revision-id: v.ladeuil+lp at free.fr-20110719071349-trwpg0h6pzcq5b73
parent: v.ladeuil+lp at free.fr-20110718161026-gpr8wlw05osfztap
committer: Vincent Ladeuil <v.ladeuil+lp at free.fr>
branch nick: work
timestamp: Tue 2011-07-19 09:13:49 +0200
message:
More tweaks and typo fixes.
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=== modified file 'doc/developers/releasing.txt'
--- a/doc/developers/releasing.txt 2011-07-18 16:10:26 +0000
+++ b/doc/developers/releasing.txt 2011-07-19 07:13:49 +0000
@@ -187,9 +187,9 @@
#. Update the "What's New" documents in ``doc/en/whats-new``.
-#. Make sure a milestone exists for your release and that is it active,
- <https://launchpad.net/bzr/x.y> will list the existing milestones,
- <https://launchpad.net/bzr/x.y/x.y.z/+edit> will allow you to toggle the
+#. Make sure a milestone exists for your release and that it is active,
+ <https://launchpad.net/bzr/x.y> lists the existing milestones,
+ <https://launchpad.net/bzr/x.y/x.y.z/+edit> allows you to toggle the
active flag.
#. Commit this and send it to PQM.
@@ -388,10 +388,10 @@
they do, they either targeted the wrong branch or didn't update the news
file correctly, so the sooner the branch is opened again, the better.
-This matter more for ``lp:bzr`` than for ``lp:bzr/x.y``, ``lp:bzr`` should
+This matters more for ``lp:bzr`` than for ``lp:bzr/x.y``, ``lp:bzr`` should
always be open for landing, so you should do `At the start of a release
cycle`_ as soon as possible (i.e. update the verion number in ``bzr`` and
-``bzrlib/__init__``, update/create the news files and create/update the
+``bzrlib/__init__``, create/update the news files and create/update the
milestone for the next relase).
You may also need to do `At the start of a series cycle`_ if you're starting
@@ -402,14 +402,15 @@
the *last* beta for a given ``x.y`` series (from trunk aka lp:bzr), you need
to setup *two* branches for the next cycle:
-#. ``lp:bzr`` needs to be opened for the *next* series ``x.(y+1)``
+#. ``lp:bzr`` needs to be opened for the next *series* ``x.(y+1)``
-#. ``lp:bzr/x.y`` needs to be opened for the next release ``x.y.0``. Since
- this is first real use of ``lp:bzr/x.y``, this is also the deadline for the
- PQM branch to be created.
+#. ``lp:bzr/x.y`` needs to be opened for the next *release* ``x.y.0`` in the
+ series. Since this is first real use of ``lp:bzr/x.y``, this is also the
+ deadline for the PQM branch to be created.
Both are important as ``lp:bzr`` should remain open so any change can be
-landed, ``lp:bzr/x.y`` should be ready to receive bug fixes.
+landed, ``lp:bzr/x.y`` on the other hand should be ready to receive bug
+fixes.
``lp:bzr`` is generally more important as the bug fixes on ``lp:bzr/x.y``
won't be released sooner than a month from now whereas people may already
@@ -435,7 +436,7 @@
There is normally a delay of a few days after the source freeze to allow
for binaries to be built on various platforms. Once they have been built,
we have a releasable product. The next step is to make it generally
-available to the world.
+available to the world.1
#. Go to the release web page at <https://launchpad.net/bzr/x.y/x.y.z>
@@ -456,8 +457,9 @@
#. Make an announcement mail.
- For beta releases, this is sent to the ``bazaar`` list only to inform
- plugin authors and package or installer managers.
+ For beta releases, this is sent to the ``bazaar at lists.canonical.com``
+ list only to inform plugin authors and people responsible for building
+ packages or installers.
Once the installers are available, the mail can be sent to the
``bazaar-announce`` list too.
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