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authorThéo Zimmermann2019-05-08 20:57:12 +0200
committerThéo Zimmermann2019-05-08 20:57:12 +0200
commit60e976a627b213445443952342a8eec7193d9b85 (patch)
tree448605e15182fc2915a16b20691579af6cf77344 /dev/doc
parent963b950f201614078a432d1ac7568e8757d8df19 (diff)
Update release process documentation and changelog entry.
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diff --git a/dev/doc/release-process.md b/dev/doc/release-process.md
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@@ -84,10 +84,18 @@
Coq has been tagged.
- [ ] Have some people test the recently auto-generated Windows and MacOS
packages.
-- [ ] Change the version name from alpha to beta1 (see
+- [ ] In a PR:
+ - Change the version name from alpha to beta1 (see
[#7009](https://github.com/coq/coq/pull/7009/files)).
- We generally do not update the magic numbers at this point.
+ - We generally do not update the magic numbers at this point.
+ - Set `is_a_released_version` to `true` in `configure.ml`.
- [ ] Put the `VX.X+beta1` tag using `git tag -s`.
+- [ ] Check using `git push --tags --dry-run` that you are not
+ pushing anything else than the new tag. If needed, remove spurious
+ tags with `git tag -d`. When this is OK, proceed with `git push --tags`.
+- [ ] Set `is_a_released_version` to `false` in `configure.ml`
+ (if you forget about it, you'll be reminded whenever you try to
+ backport a PR with a changelog entry).
### These steps are the same for all releases (beta, final, patch-level) ###
@@ -112,9 +120,17 @@
## At the final release time ##
-- [ ] Change the version name to X.X.0 and the magic numbers (see
+- [ ] In a PR:
+ - Change the version name from X.X.0 and the magic numbers (see
[#7271](https://github.com/coq/coq/pull/7271/files)).
+ - Set `is_a_released_version` to `true` in `configure.ml`.
- [ ] Put the `VX.X.0` tag.
+- [ ] Check using `git push --tags --dry-run` that you are not
+ pushing anything else than the new tag. If needed, remove spurious
+ tags with `git tag -d`. When this is OK, proceed with `git push --tags`.
+- [ ] Set `is_a_released_version` to `false` in `configure.ml`
+ (if you forget about it, you'll be reminded whenever you try to
+ backport a PR with a changelog entry).
Repeat the generic process documented above for all releases.