On Saturday 10 December 2011, Jim Meyering wrote: > Stefano Lattarini wrote: > > * Makefile.am (git-dist): The developer might have already tested > > "might" Hah. > "The developers shall test extensively before finally creating the release tarball" would sound better? :-)
> > extensively before finally creating the release tarball; so don't > > run "make distcheck" here on his behalf; instead ... > > * HACKING (Release procedure): ... state here that "make check" > > and "make distcheck" should be run before calling "make git-dist". > > Good idea. > > > --- > > ChangeLog | 9 +++++++++ > > HACKING | 3 ++- > > Makefile.am | 6 ++++-- > > Makefile.in | 2 +- > > 4 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog > > index 618ab02..3873ace 100644 > > --- a/ChangeLog > > +++ b/ChangeLog > > @@ -1,3 +1,12 @@ > > +2011-12-10 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattar...@gmail.com> > > + > > + release: don't run "make distcheck" automatically > > + * Makefile.am (git-dist): The developer might have already tested > > + extensively before finally creating the release tarball; so don't > > + run "make distcheck" here on his behalf; instead ... > > + * HACKING (Release procedure): ... state here that "make check" > > + and "make distcheck" should be run before calling "make git-dist". > > + > > 2011-12-09 Jim Meyering <meyer...@redhat.com> > > Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattar...@gmail.com> > > > > diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING > > index b6f214f..f9b9c51 100644 > > --- a/HACKING > > +++ b/HACKING > > @@ -203,7 +203,8 @@ > > > > * Update ChangeLog. > > > > -* Run ./bootstrap, ./configure, make. > > +* Run "./bootstrap", "./configure", "make", "make check" and > > + "make distcheck". > > I would make it actually runnable, i.e., > > Run these commands: > > ./bootstrap && ./configure && make && make check && make distcheck > Seems sensible; consider this fixed. Thanks, Stefano
