Improve instructions for updating the change log

And add a section for 3.2.4 to it.
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Vadim Zeitlin 2023-10-10 16:11:14 +02:00
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@ -232,6 +232,10 @@ Changes in behaviour which may result in build errors
minimum required version is now 2005.
3.2.4: (released 2024-??-??)
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3.2.3: (released 2023-10-10)
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@ -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.
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