From 30f00b81f4e94f7181a32855726d0648429c204c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Vadim Zeitlin Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2023 16:11:14 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Improve instructions for updating the change log And add a section for 3.2.4 to it. --- docs/changes.txt | 4 ++++ docs/contributing/how-to-release.md | 9 +++++++-- 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt index 7a5ac7ad77..f7aebda01f 100644 --- a/docs/changes.txt +++ b/docs/changes.txt @@ -232,6 +232,10 @@ Changes in behaviour which may result in build errors minimum required version is now 2005. +3.2.4: (released 2024-??-??) +---------------------------- + + 3.2.3: (released 2023-10-10) ---------------------------- diff --git a/docs/contributing/how-to-release.md b/docs/contributing/how-to-release.md index 5c0eebea30..30de573160 100644 --- a/docs/contributing/how-to-release.md +++ b/docs/contributing/how-to-release.md @@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ Here is the list of the files, for reference: * Update `docs/readme.txt`: version needs to be changed, content updated. * Update `docs/release.md`: also version and reset SHA-1 sums to zeroes. * Update `docs/changes.txt`: update the date on the release line. + For the development releases the list of changes is maintained in Git + notes as explained in that file itself. Replace these notes with the + actual changes following the instructions there (and don't forget to + restore them later). * Update the date in the manual (`docs/doxygen/mainpages/manual.h`). * Update the release announcement post in `docs/publicity/announce.txt`. * Update `docs/msw/binaries.md`: at least the version, but possibly also @@ -173,8 +177,9 @@ and from the root directory run autoconf -B build/autoconf_prepend-include -* Restore the description of the Git notes use and create a skeleton section - for the next release in `docs/changes.txt`. +* Update `docs/changes.txt`: for the stable releases, just create a new section + for the next release. For the other ones, restore the description of the Git + notes use removed in the pre-release step. ## MSW Visual Studio Official Builds