update Releasing based on 1.9.16 release experiences

diff --git a/Releasing b/Releasing
index 4c989616280c077e4366e51e2f4c657c89928a33..042f2d68448af3d948ffca7e9082d16ade9cb4b2 100644 (file)
--- a/Releasing
+++ b/Releasing
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ These are Bdale's notes on how to do a release.
          like debian are already pulled
 
         git log > ChangeLog
-       git commit -a
-       git tag -a <version>                    # full x.y.z version
+       git commit -a -m'update ChangeLog for <version> release'
+       git tag -a <version> -m'Releasing <version>'    # full x.y.z version
 
        - make sure .git/gbp.conf set to use branch-<version> as upstream