1 HOWTO Release a Package of the POSIX Test Suite 2 =============================================== 3 4 This document describes the procedure for releasing files for the POSIX 5 Test Suite. These actions should be taken to verify the integrity of the 6 released files. 7 8 ======================================================================= 9 10 1. Pull all code on the developer tag and tag with the release tag (See 11 the HOWTO_Tagging document for more information on how to do this.). 12 13 2. Create a posixtestsuite-<major>.<minor>.<rev>.tar.gz file containing 14 everything with the release tag. 15 Note: Follow guidelines on: 16 http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-Release-Practice-HOWTO/distpractice.html 17 18 3. Use the SF admin interface to add this file to the project. 19 20 4. Download the *.tar.gz file from the SF interface and untar it in 21 a sandbox. 22 23 5. Run "make" to try to build and execute all files in the release, and 24 ensure that they all build and execute correctly. 25 26 6. Craft a release message and send to: posixtest-announce. 27 28 7. Send a copy of that release message to: LKML, cc: posixtest-discuss. 29 [This ensures discussions happen on the discuss mailing list, not 30 the announce mailing list.] 31 32 8. Update sourceforge homepage and project page with this information. 33 34 9. Update freshmeat.net with this information. 35
