X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?p=notmuch;a=blobdiff_plain;f=RELEASING;h=a392d819f9cc8ca2ad262c609c47ffcb2b712fe7;hp=d314a6c68a3f63c87a8c1e3a488910618eb0a561;hb=d2177d0b22a95989dee4f46a1b2cca68484a2ce3;hpb=8cbb5114a20c1217f23977fd5edca99a0b7a2955 diff --git a/RELEASING b/RELEASING index d314a6c6..a392d819 100644 --- a/RELEASING +++ b/RELEASING @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ repository. From here, there are just a few steps to release: Read through the entry at the top of the NEWS file and see if you are aware of any major features recently added that are - not mentioned there. If so, pleas add them, (and ask the + not mentioned there. If so, please add them, (and ask the authors of the commits to update NEWS in the future). 2) Verify that the library version in lib/Makefile.local is correct @@ -48,18 +48,18 @@ repository. From here, there are just a few steps to release: as "1.1" or "1.2"). Finally, releases that do not change "features" but are merely - bug fixes either add increase the micro number or add it - (starting at ".1" if not present). So a bug-fix release from - "1.0" would be "1.0.1" and a subsequent bug-fix release would - be "1.0.2" etc. + bug fixes either increase the micro number or add it (starting + at ".1" if not present). So a bug-fix release from "1.0" would + be "1.0.1" and a subsequent bug-fix release would be "1.0.2" + etc. Commit this change. 4) 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). The - entries here will be the Debian-relevant single-line + available emacs mode (see the dpkg-dev-el package) helps. + The entries here will be the Debian-relevant single-line description of changes from the NEWS entry. And the version must match the version in the next step.