Hi Jim. On Sunday 11 December 2011, Jim Meyering wrote: > Stefano Lattarini wrote: > > Pushed to maint now (so that I will be able to take advantage > > of it in the Automake 1.11.2 release process); attached is the > > definitive patch. > ... > > diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING > > index b6f214f..755bffd 100644 > > --- a/HACKING > > +++ b/HACKING > > @@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ > > > > * Update ChangeLog. > > > > -* Run ./bootstrap, ./configure, make. > > +* Run "./bootstrap && ./configure && make && make check && make distcheck". > > Personally, I find it more useful when the recommended commands are alone > on a line. Then I can triple-click to get the whole line and paste it > into a terminal without having to carefully position the mouse to select > what's inside the double quotes, i.e., > > Run this: > > ./bootstrap && ./configure && make && make check && make distcheck > Godd idea; will do the change, and throw in another fixlet since we are at it. See the attached patch. OK for maint?
Thanks, Stefano
From 000fcd9b0f25c7dde1bfb6c07d0cc794b8026424 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 Message-Id: <000fcd9b0f25c7dde1bfb6c07d0cc794b8026424.1323593087.git.stefano.lattar...@gmail.com> From: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattar...@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 09:44:32 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] hacking: some more fixlets * HACKING (Release Procedure): Write a suggested command-line to run on its own line, to make it easy to triple-click to get the whole line and paste it into a terminal window. Fix the explanation of "make git-release", as since the previous change "make git-release" simple run "make dist" rather than "make distcheck". Suggestion from Jim Meyering. --- ChangeLog | 11 +++++++++++ HACKING | 5 +++-- 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 826a4f7..26e1b0c 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,14 @@ +2011-12-11 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattar...@gmail.com> + + hacking: some more fixlets + * HACKING (Release Procedure): Write a suggested command-line to + run on its own line, to make it easy to triple-click to get the + whole line and paste it into a terminal window. + Fix the explanation of "make git-release", as since the previous + change "make git-release" simple run "make dist" rather than + "make distcheck". + Suggestion from Jim Meyering. + 2011-12-10 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattar...@gmail.com> release: don't run "make distcheck" automatically diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING index 755bffd..8c437ed 100644 --- a/HACKING +++ b/HACKING @@ -203,13 +203,14 @@ * Update ChangeLog. -* Run "./bootstrap && ./configure && make && make check && make distcheck". +* Run this: + ./bootstrap && ./configure && make && make check && make distcheck * Run `make release-stats' if release statistics in doc/automake.texi have not been updated yet. * Run `make git-release'. - This will run distcheck to create the tarballs, commit the last + This will run "make dist" to create the tarballs, commit the last NEWS/configure.ac/ChangeLog changes, tag the repository, sign the tarballs, and upload them. Use `make GNUPLOADFLAGS="--user key" git-release' to sign with -- 1.7.2.3
