From 078de0dca474681a8aeda2f22ecf189b25949f27 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Noah Slater Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:09:48 +0000 Subject: added additional release instructions git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/couchdb/trunk@666210 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68 --- README | 12 ++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 40bbbd79..3ebb275e 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -264,13 +264,21 @@ following command: If everything was successful you should now have a pristine checkout. -### Preparing For Distribution ### +### Making a Release ### + +The following steps should be taken prior to preparing the release: + + svn cp trunk branches/X.X.X + svn cp branches/X.X.X tags/X.X.X + svn export tags/0.8.0 export + +You must then use the `export` directory to prepare the release. To build the source for distribution you should then run the following command: ./configure && make distcheck -If everything was successful you should see a `zip` file and/or a `tar.gz` file +If everything was successful you should see an appropriately named `tar.gz` file sitting in the root directory ready for distribution. ### Release Checklist ### -- cgit v1.2.3