Author: bugman Date: Fri Nov 29 09:18:55 2013 New Revision: 21700 URL: http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/relax?rev=21700&view=rev Log: Added many small details to the release checklist document. This is for the formatting and editing of the CHANGES file, which is used for the release announcements. Some additional details about the API documentation at http://www.nmr-relax.com/api have been added too. Modified: trunk/docs/Release_Checklist Modified: trunk/docs/Release_Checklist URL: http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/relax/trunk/docs/Release_Checklist?rev=21700&r1=21699&r2=21700&view=diff ============================================================================== --- trunk/docs/Release_Checklist (original) +++ trunk/docs/Release_Checklist Fri Nov 29 09:18:55 2013 @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ $ svn log -v -r18314:HEAD > log $ devel_scripts/log_converter.py log -Commit the changes. Port the revision back into the main line. +The result should be modified and every line checked. Bugs should be in the 'Bugfixes' section only if it affects previous relax releases, otherwise it should be in the 'Changes' section. The following should be removed: minor, insignificant, and unidentifiable changes such as "Import fix." (this is highly subjective); all exclamation marks; message IDs for mailing list posts; svnmerge commits; the messages of all reverted commits; all revision numbers such as 'r19899' or the word 'revision'; the names and email addresses of committers or patch providers; and all email addresses. Spelling should be checked and proper punctuation used throughout, including two spaces after a period. Missing spaces after punctuation due to the log_converter.py script need to be corrected. Commit the changes. Port the revision back into the main line. @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ $ scons api_manual_html -Replace the old API documentation in the http://www.nmr-relax.com/api SVN repository (http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/relax/website) and commit the new files. +Replace the old API documentation in the http://www.nmr-relax.com/api SVN repository (http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/relax/website), update the api/index.html file and commit the new files. If a new minor version is being released, create a new directory such as api/3.1/, copy the files there, and then edit the api/index.html file to add the new version.