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| author | Xue Fuqiao <xfq.free@gmail.com> | 2015-11-15 09:35:50 +0800 |
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| committer | Xue Fuqiao <xfq.free@gmail.com> | 2015-11-15 09:35:50 +0800 |
| commit | 9a4aa0f5945a03611ae29c516025dbd353bd26ab (patch) | |
| tree | b435bcfefb56bbb20d203fbcbbebc25b289448dc /admin/notes | |
| parent | f8cc14b59700e51a4e31139c0a65c8154995e055 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-9a4aa0f5945a03611ae29c516025dbd353bd26ab.tar.gz | |
Document the release process
* admin/notes/versioning: Add information about RC releases.
* admin/release-process: Document the release process.
* admin/authors.el (authors-ignored-files):
* admin/README: Change FOR-RELEASE to release-process.
* CONTRIBUTE:
* admin/notes/bugtracker: Don't mention FOR-RELEASE.
Diffstat (limited to 'admin/notes')
| -rw-r--r-- | admin/notes/bugtracker | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | admin/notes/versioning | 12 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/admin/notes/bugtracker b/admin/notes/bugtracker index fb65bbe4330..3d6df03d5e7 100644 --- a/admin/notes/bugtracker +++ b/admin/notes/bugtracker @@ -140,8 +140,7 @@ you can add an element to gnus-posting-styles to do this automatically, eg: ** To record a bug in the tracker without sending mail to the bug list. This can be useful to make a note of something discussed on -emacs-devel that needs fixing. In other words, this can be the -equivalent of adding something to FOR-RELEASE. +emacs-devel that needs fixing. To: quiet@debbugs.gnu.org [headers end] diff --git a/admin/notes/versioning b/admin/notes/versioning index e422b22e432..ef11335de54 100644 --- a/admin/notes/versioning +++ b/admin/notes/versioning @@ -9,16 +9,20 @@ Emacs version numbers have the form "build" increments each time Emacs is built in the same location (without cleaning) and isn't really part of the version. -bugfix releases increase "minor" by 1. -non-bugfix releases increase "major" by 1, and reset "minor" to 1. +Bugfix releases increase "minor" by 1. +Non-bugfix releases increase "major" by 1, and reset "minor" to 1. (The division between bugfix and non-bugfix has not always been clear historically.) Unreleased (development) versions have an extra "devel" component. This is a fairly meaningless number that may be unchanged for a long time. It is normally 50. -When the release process starts, it changes to 90, 91, ... -When the actual release is made, this component is removed. + +After we cut the release branch, we’ll make pretest and release +candidate (RC) releases. For pretest releases, the "devel" component +changes to 90, 91, ... When the first RC release is made, this +component is removed. Normally, there is one RC release, unless an +unexpected last-minute problem occurs. The development version for a new major release has "minor" = 0. The development version for a new minor release has "minor" = that of |