more release process doc updates

[fw/altos] / Releasing

diff --git a/Releasing b/Releasing
index edfb5eb470f69c11f66fcb93a523ea383206a586..4d2f8e711c5a39df0c5dd05378c7fd6d54c589e2 100644 (file)
--- a/Releasing
+++ b/Releasing
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ These are Bdale's notes on how to do a release.
 
        git tag -a <version>
 
-       git-buildpackage --git-ignore-new
+       - make sure checked-out tree is "clean" so git won't complain
 
-               use --git-ignore-new so trash in checked-out tree doesn't
-               cause the build to fail!
+       git-buildpackage
 
                at this point, we have Debian packages
 
+       git tag debian/<version>
+
        make distclean
 
        ./autogen.sh --with-fat-dir=/home/bdale/web/altusmetrum/AltOS/releases
@@ -18,6 +19,9 @@ These are Bdale's notes on how to do a release.
 
                this pushes packages for each platform to web site
 
+       - copy the relevant release notes file from doc/ to 
+           /home/bdale/web/altusmetrum/AltOS/releases/<rev>
+
        - go edit ~/web/altusmetrum/AltOS/releases/<rev>.mdwn to include
          release date and explicit ref to dir contents so the AltOS page
          shows versioned links, commit and push
@@ -27,8 +31,10 @@ These are Bdale's notes on how to do a release.
                this pushes fresh documents to the web site
 
        sudo debian/rules clean
+       git push
+       git push --tags
 
-               leave the build tree in an unclutterd state
+               push commits and leave the build tree in an uncluttered state
 
 Testing before a release