SF.net SVN: geany:[5922] trunk/doc/making-a-release

[ntrel at users.sourceforge.net]

Revision: 5922
          http://geany.svn.sourceforge.net/geany/?rev=5922&view=rev
Author:   ntrel
Date:     2011-09-15 17:09:38 +0000 (Thu, 15 Sep 2011)
Log Message:
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Add info about updating NEWS.

Modified Paths:
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    trunk/doc/making-a-release

Modified: trunk/doc/making-a-release
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--- trunk/doc/making-a-release	2011-09-15 15:09:32 UTC (rev 5921)
+++ trunk/doc/making-a-release	2011-09-15 17:09:38 UTC (rev 5922)
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 * Agree string freeze period for translations.
 * Try to synchronize release date with geany-plugins.
 
+Update NEWS file - ideally each committer should review their changes 
+and summarise the interesting ones. Use scripts/changelist.pl to 
+format & filter commits by a particular developer name.
+
 Ensure version numbers are all updated in:
 	configure.ac geany.nsi geany_private.rc win32-config.h wscript
 	doc/geany.txt
@@ -10,7 +14,7 @@
 	doc/geany.1.in
 Regenerate doc/geany.html.
 Check GEANY_CODENAME is set in src/geany.h.
-Update NEWS & release date.
+Update NEWS release date.
 Add changelog entry for new release.
 
 Export the code into a new directory (i.e. not usual working copy).

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