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authorgdt <gdt>2005-02-23 16:20:07 +0000
committergdt <gdt>2005-02-23 16:20:07 +0000
commit0d7e9134d828d5aee8c83960bb706a726cdc2ec4 (patch)
treeb6000f1d95daf0723a42339c046b69a78b738f2a
parentcdb6ee94bc2b9d1b66cfa1adcc5acaccbd648e0f (diff)
add release procedure, noting redhat spec oddness
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-*- mode: text; -*-
-$Id: HACKING,v 1.15 2005/02/23 11:54:12 hasso Exp $
+$Id: HACKING,v 1.16 2005/02/23 16:20:07 gdt Exp $
GUIDELINES FOR HACKING ON QUAGGA
@@ -62,6 +62,24 @@ maintainer who usually maintains that meta-data). Also, CVS meta-data such
as cvsignore files do not require ChangeLog updates, just a sane commit
message.
+RELEASE PROCEDURE
+
+ Tag the repository with release tag (follow existing conventions).
+ [This enables recreating the release, and is just good CM practice.]
+
+ Check out the tag, and do a test build.
+
+ In an empty directory, do a fresh checkout with -r <release-tag>
+ [This makes the dates in the tarball be the modified dates in CVS.]
+
+ {Manually patch redhat/quagga.spec.in to remove @CONFDATE@}
+ ./configure
+ make dist
+
+If any errors occur, move tags as needed and start over from the fresh
+checkouts. Do not append to tarballs, as this has produced
+non-standards-conforming tarballs in the past.
+
TOOL VERSIONS
Require versions of support tools are listed in INSTALL.quagga.txt.