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How to make a new release of GNU Stow
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- Ensure NEWS contains the latest changes.
- Ensure configure.ac contains the new version number.
- Check CPAN distribution will work via Module::Build:
- Run perl Build.PL.
- Run ./Build test
- Run ./Build install
- Run ./Build distcheck
- Run ./Build distmeta and check META.* have the new version number.
- Ensure all changes are committed to git.
- Run make distcheck and ensure that everything looks good.
It should generate the distribution files for you.
- Tag the current git HEAD with the new version number:
git tag v7.8.9
- Upload to ftp.gnu.org. This is easiest using gnupload:
- git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/gnulib.git
- Copy gnulib/build-aux/gnupload to somewhere on your $PATH
- Run gnupload --to ftp.gnu.org:gnu/stow --symlink-regex stow-7.8.9.tar.*
- Send release announcements to
- info-gnu@gnu.org
- info-stow@gnu.org
- https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?group=stow
See http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_node/Announcements.html for
more on making release announcements.
- Upload to CPAN via https://pause.perl.org/