Re: preparing for 2.3b

[Akim Demaille]

>>> "JED" == Joel E Denny <address@hidden> writes:

 > On Wed, 12 Mar 2008, Akim Demaille wrote:
 >> >>> "JED" == Joel E Denny <address@hidden> writes:
 >> 
 >> >> Great.  In my opinion then, it's time to release 2.3b.
 >> 
 >> > Just in case I actually have the ability to make this happen, I should 
 >> > point out that I don't know what needs to be done.  I'm expecting you or 
 >> > Paul will take care of it when you feel it's time.  Thanks.
 >> 
 >> Clarifying was indeed needed :)  I don't feel ready for this either.
 >> Err... Paul?  :)

 > Perhaps we can go ahead and start figuring this out, and Paul can chime in 
 > if he has time.  Looking back at the 2.3a release, I gather that this is 
 > what needs to be done:

 > 1. Change 2.3a+ to 2.3b in NEWS and configure.ac, and set the release date 
 > in NEWS.

 > 2. make dist, get someone to generate a sig, and then post the tarball and 
 > sig to:

 >   ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/bison/

I don't remember either :(  If he has some time, maybe Alexandre can
help here, he ran the procedure more recently than I did.  I had a
quick look on Savannah.gnu.org, but I found nothing.

 > I'm not sure how to do that.

 > 3. Send a message similar to:

 >   http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bison/2006-09/msg00012.html

 > to these lists: address@hidden, address@hidden, 
 > address@hidden, address@hidden

 > Sound right to you?

Yes, perfect!

Have a close look at Makefile.maint, it contains quite some targets to
help releases.  "make beta".  I don't know how rusty this is :(