[GRASS-SVN] r56657 - grass/branches/develbranch_6/doc

[svn_grass at osgeo.org]

Author: neteler
Date: 2013-06-09 09:39:42 -0700 (Sun, 09 Jun 2013)
New Revision: 56657

Modified:
   grass/branches/develbranch_6/doc/howto_release.txt
Log:
howto_release.txt: sync to relbranch64 file

Modified: grass/branches/develbranch_6/doc/howto_release.txt
===================================================================
--- grass/branches/develbranch_6/doc/howto_release.txt	2013-06-09 16:36:05 UTC (rev 56656)
+++ grass/branches/develbranch_6/doc/howto_release.txt	2013-06-09 16:39:42 UTC (rev 56657)
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-How to release GRASS binaries and source code
+How to release GRASS GIS binaries and source code
 
 $Date$
 
 Note: This text contains *some* rules only applicable to the
-      development coordinators at CEA (currently Markus Neteler).
+      development coordinator (currently Markus Neteler, PSC Chair).
 
 
 ###########################################
@@ -14,17 +14,30 @@
 ###########################################
 (A) HOWTO create a release
 
-1. Local work (basically at FEM, Italy)
+1. Local work (done by release coordinator)
 
    - svn up
    - check if
         ( cd doc/raster/r.example/ ; make )
         ( cd doc/vector/v.example/ ; make )
       still compile; fix otherwise
+ 
+   - Check that autoconf scripts are up-to-date (to do only in RC cycle!):
+
+      rm -f config.guess config.sub
+      wget http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/config.git/plain/config.guess
+      wget http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/config.git/plain/config.sub
+      svn diff config.guess config.sub
+      autoconf-2.13
+      # check and submit to SVN:
+      svn ci -m"config.guess + config.sub: updated from http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/config.git/plain/" config.guess config.sub configure
+      # test by running ./configure 
+
    - make distclean
 
    - cleanup rubbish:
        rm -f locale/templates/*.pot
+       rm -f locale/po/messages.mo
        find . -name '*~'     | xargs rm
        find . -name '*.bak'  | xargs rm
        find . -name '.#*'    | xargs rm
@@ -43,8 +56,8 @@
 #example:
 6
 4
-0RC7
-2010
+3RC3
+2013
       rm -f include/VERSION~
 
      #version:
@@ -98,8 +111,8 @@
 #example
 6
 4
-0svn
-2010
+3svn
+2013
 
     rm -f include/VERSION~
     svn ci -m"back to SVN" include/VERSION
@@ -185,8 +198,7 @@
    http://slashgeo.org/submit.pl
    http://freshmeat.net/projects/grass/?highlight=GRASS (update, MN)
    http://linuxtoday.com/contribute.php3
-   https://www.osor.eu/projects/grassgis (update, MN)
-   https://forge.osor.eu/news/submit.php?group_id=44 (submit news, MN)
+   https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/software/grassgis/home (submit news, MN)
    http://www.macnn.com/contact/newstips/1
    http://www10.giscafe.com/submit_material/submit_options.php#Press (MN)
    http://www.freegis.org   (update, MN)