Makefile: Fix "make release" to print the current release announcement.

[notmuch] / RELEASING

diff --git a/RELEASING b/RELEASING
index f47ba39c520b7d0272a2044d72c94361019a9566..fbee322a59bf7a63e0c6f046d9f297b1d04ee329 100644 (file)
--- a/RELEASING
+++ b/RELEASING
@@ -16,13 +16,16 @@ repository. From here, there are just a few steps to release:
        not mentioned there. If so, pleas add them, (and ask the
        authors of the commits to update NEWS in the future).
 
-2) Increment the libnotmuch library version in lib/Makefile.local
+2) Verify that the library version in lib/Makefile.local is correct
 
-       See the instructions there for how to increment it. The
-       command below can be useful for inspecting header-file changes
-       since the last release X.Y.Z:
+       See the instructions there for how to increment it.
 
-               git diff X.Y.Z..HEAD -- lib/notmuch.h
+       The version should have been updated with any commits that
+       added API, but do check that that is the case. The command
+       below can be useful for inspecting header-file changes since
+       the last release X.Y:
+
+               git diff X.Y..HEAD -- lib/notmuch.h
 
        Note: We currently don't plan to increment
        LIBNOTMUCH_VERSION_MAJOR beyond 1, so if there *are*
@@ -30,7 +33,7 @@ repository. From here, there are just a few steps to release:
        stop. Don't release. Figure out the plan on the notmuch
        mailing list.
 
-       Commit this change.
+       Commit this change, if any.
 
 3) Run "make VERSION=X.Y release" which will perform the following steps: