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authorMax Maischein <corion@corion.net>2012-02-24 14:41:11 +0100
committerMax Maischein <corion@corion.net>2012-02-24 14:41:11 +0100
commit845a9291dc4f85b6d97375acf7e2a874c7548735 (patch)
treedeb95d9c97e24c67bb43b56092f3ea76270dee28
parentdbeb8947c09c5d0f027aba8bb6db953a7ae36235 (diff)
downloadperl-845a9291dc4f85b6d97375acf7e2a874c7548735.tar.gz
Add description of new change process for http://dev.perl.org
Leo prefers now direct pull requests via Github.
-rw-r--r--Porting/release_managers_guide.pod15
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod b/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod
index 8db2488c3c..7e84b6db4c 100644
--- a/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod
+++ b/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod
@@ -153,6 +153,12 @@ release. Have a chat with whichever evil perl porter tried to talk
you into the idea in the first place to figure out the best way to
resolve the issue.
+=head3 git clone of https://github.com/perlorg/perlweb
+
+For updating the L<http://dev.perl.org> web pages, either a Github account or
+sweet-talking somebody with a Github account into obedience is needed. This
+is only needed on the day of the release or shortly afterwards.
+
=for checklist skip RC
=head3 Quotation for release announcement epigraph
@@ -169,7 +175,6 @@ perl generally starts several weeks before the first release candidate.
Some of the following steps should be done regularly, but all I<must> be
done in the run up to a release.
-
=head3 dual-life CPAN module synchronisation
Ensure that dual-life CPAN modules are synchronised with CPAN. Basically,
@@ -1111,10 +1116,10 @@ It should be visible at a URL like C<http://search.cpan.org/dist/perl-5.10.1/>.
I<You MUST SKIP this step for a RC release>
-Ask Leo Lapworth to update the front page of L<http://dev.perl.org/perl5/> to
-link to this new release. If you're feeling ambitious, you can fork
-L<https://github.com/perlorg/perlweb> and edit the
-F<docs/dev/perl5/index.html> file, then make a pull request.
+In the C<perlorg> repository, edit C<docs/dev/perl5/index.html>
+to link to this new release. Then make a pull request to Leo Lapworth.
+If this fails for some reason and you cannot cajole anybody else into
+submitting that change, you can mail Leo as last resort.
=for checklist end