[gnue] r6959 - in trunk/gnue-common: doc/technotes utils

[reinhard]

Author: reinhard
Date: 2005-02-04 04:30:01 -0600 (Fri, 04 Feb 2005)
New Revision: 6959

Modified:
   trunk/gnue-common/doc/technotes/00011.txt
   trunk/gnue-common/utils/release-announce
Log:
Prereleases also get a list of changes.


Modified: trunk/gnue-common/doc/technotes/00011.txt
===================================================================
--- trunk/gnue-common/doc/technotes/00011.txt   2005-02-04 10:14:03 UTC (rev 
6958)
+++ trunk/gnue-common/doc/technotes/00011.txt   2005-02-04 10:30:01 UTC (rev 
6959)
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 * Check if setup.py needs to be updated because of changes since the last
   release (files added, files removed, ...).
 
+* Update the NEWS file (but leave the date open).
+
 * Run the release script:
   "GNUE_VERSION_SUFFIX=-pre1 ../gnue-common/utils/release"
 
@@ -23,7 +25,7 @@
 
 * Let the packagers test packaging of the prerelease.
 
-* Update the NEWS file.
+* Update the NEWS file (i.e. fill in the missing release date).
 
 * In src/__init__.py, set _release to 1.
 

Modified: trunk/gnue-common/utils/release-announce
===================================================================
--- trunk/gnue-common/utils/release-announce    2005-02-04 10:14:03 UTC (rev 
6958)
+++ trunk/gnue-common/utils/release-announce    2005-02-04 10:30:01 UTC (rev 
6959)
@@ -91,6 +91,12 @@
     ) | fmt --width=72
   else
     echo ""
+    echo "This prerelease contains the following changes and new"
+    echo "features of the upcoming final release:"
+    echo ""
+    echo "$changes"
+    echo ""
+    echo ""
     (
       echo "As usual, you can download the prerelease of $title from"
       echo "http://www.gnuenterprise.org/downloads/prereleases.php";