Anything that reasonably reduces the number of manual steps here has to be a good thing. I combine two sets of make targets:
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 76607bb..1410875 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2011-10-06 Reuben Thomas <r...@sc3d.org> + + Simplify README-release. + * top/README-release: Combine two steps. + 2011-10-05 Bruno Haible <br...@clisp.org> Tests for module 'fmodf'. diff --git a/top/README-release b/top/README-release index 0299c82..cb7c0b7 100644 --- a/top/README-release +++ b/top/README-release @@ -22,10 +22,9 @@ Here are most of the steps we (maintainers) follow when making a release. ./bootstrap -* Pre-release testing: - Ensure that make check syntax-check succeeds. +* Pre-release testing. Ensure that the following succeeds: -* Run "make distcheck" + make check syntax-check distcheck * Set the date, version number, and release type [stable/alpha/beta] on line 3 of NEWS, commit that, and tag the release by running e.g., -- http://rrt.sc3d.org