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diff --git a/releasing.txt b/releasing.txt index df168a37..4ff8066b 100644 --- a/releasing.txt +++ b/releasing.txt @@ -68,21 +68,21 @@ To make a release of Weston and/or Wayland, follow these steps. Once satisfied: - $ git commit releases.html -m "Add x.y.z release" + $ git commit releases.html -m "Add ${RELEASE_NUMBER} release" $ git push $ rsync -avz * wayland.freedesktop.org:/srv/wayland.freedesktop.org/www/ 8. Update topic in #wayland to point to the release announcement URL -For x.y.0 releases, also create the x.y branch. The x.y branch is for -bug fixes and conservative changes to the x.y.0 release, and is where -we release x.y.z releases from. Creating the x.y branch opens up -master for new development and lets new development move on. We've -done this both after the x.y.0 release (to focus development on bug -fixing for the x.y.1 release for a little longer) or before the x.y.0 -release (like we did with the 1.5.0 release, to unblock master -development early). +For x.y.0 releases, also create the release series x.y branch. The x.y +branch is for bug fixes and conservative changes to the x.y.0 release, +and is where we release x.y.z releases from. Creating the x.y branch +opens up master for new development and lets new development move on. +We've done this both after the x.y.0 release (to focus development on +bug fixing for the x.y.1 release for a little longer) or before the +x.y.0 release (like we did with the 1.5.0 release, to unblock master +development early). $ git branch x.y $ git push origin x.y |