Separate release preparation jobs for all releases and for major releases

petere · petere · commit 8c1ce4559d18 · 2006-11-24T17:03:50.000Z
diff --git a/src/tools/RELEASE_CHANGES b/src/tools/RELEASE_CHANGES
@@ -1,33 +1,47 @@
- 
-* Major/minor release version number changes
+For All Releases (major, minor, beta, RC)
+================
+
+* Release version number changes
 	o doc/bug.template
 	o bump Win32 interface version numbers
 		- src/include/pg_config.h.win32
 		- src/interfaces/libpq/libpq.rc.in
 		- src/port/win32ver.rc
 	o update doc/FAQ and doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html
-	o bump library versions for _major_ releases
-		- src/interfaces/*/Makefile
-		- src/interfaces/*/*/Makefile
 	o copy FAQs from HEAD to top-most branch
 	o configure.in, and run autoconf or update configure (by packager)
 
-* Beta and Release Candidate (RC) changes
-	o doc/bug.template
-	o src/include/pg_config.h.win32
-	o configure.in, and run autoconf or update configure (by packager)
-
 * Release notes
 	o scan cvs logs, use pgcvslog and flags in comments
 	o update doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
 	o run spellchecker on result
+	o add SGML markup
+
+* Update timezone data to match latest zic database (see src/timezone/README)
+
+* Translation updates
+	Translations are kept in the project "pgtranslation" on PgFoundry.
+	1. Check out the messages module (of the right branch).
+	2. Check out the admin module.
+	3. Run "sh .../admin/cp-po .../messages .../pgsql
+	4. Commit.
+
+
+For Major Releases
+==================
+(in addition to the above)
+
+* Bump library versions, if appropriate (see below)
+	o src/interfaces/*/Makefile
+	o src/interfaces/*/*/Makefile
+
+* Release notes
 	o check that dashed items from the TODO list are complete
 	o remove dashed TODO items
 	o group items into categories
 	o select major features
 	o select incompatibilities
 	o add documenation for items
-	o add SGML markup
 
 * Documentation
 	document all new features
@@ -40,17 +54,8 @@
 	update ports list in doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
 	update platform-specific FAQ's, if needed
 
-* Update timezone data to match latest zic database (see src/timezone/README)
-
 * Update inet/cidr data types with newest Bind patches
 
-* Translation updates
-	Translations are kept in the project "pgtranslation" on PgFoundry.
-	1. Check out the messages module (of the right branch).
-	2. Check out the admin module.
-	3. Run "sh .../admin/cp-po .../messages .../pgsql
-	4. Commit.
-
 
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