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@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@ To make a release of Weston and/or Wayland, follow these steps.
configure.ac which typically need updated as well. Then commit
your changes:
+ $ export RELEASE_NUMBER="x.y.z"
+ $ export RELEASE_NAME="[alpha|RC1|RC2|official|point]"
$ git status
- $ git commit configure.ac -m "configure.ac: bump to version x.y.z for the xxx release"
+ $ git commit configure.ac -m "configure.ac: bump to version $RELEASE_NUMBER for the $RELEASE_NAME release"
$ git push
2. For Weston releases, install Xwayland, either from your distro or
@@ -42,6 +44,8 @@ To make a release of Weston and/or Wayland, follow these steps.
skip testsuite by specifying the --dist argument. Pass --help to
see other supported options.
+ $ release.sh .
+
4. Compose the release announcements. The script will generate
*.x.y.0.announce files with a list of changes and tags, one for
wayland, one for weston. Prepend these with a human-readable