Revert "CG: add updating of lilypond.pot in the release process"

[lilypond.git] / Documentation / contributor / release-work.itexi

diff --git a/Documentation/contributor/release-work.itexi b/Documentation/contributor/release-work.itexi
index 099e770d49d795c49355389b57b262d03bf0395b..baa68a85e468768c8defbf0d24412aaba1570134 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/contributor/release-work.itexi
+++ b/Documentation/contributor/release-work.itexi
@@ -75,20 +75,24 @@ A @qq{minor release} means an update of @code{y} in @code{2.x.y}.
 
 @item
 Switch to the release branch, get changes, prep release
-announcement:
+announcement.  This requires a clean index and work tree.  If the
+checkout displays modified files, you might want to run @code{git reset
+--hard} before continuing.
 
 @example
-git checkout release/unstable
+git fetch
+git checkout origin/release/unstable
 git merge origin
 vi Documentation/web/news-front.itexi Documentation/web/news.itexi
 @end example
 
 @item
-Commit, push, switch back to master:
+Commit, push, switch back to master (or wherever else):
 
 @example
 git commit -m "Release: update news." Documentation/web/
-git push origin
+git push origin HEAD:release/unstable
+git checkout master
 @end example
 
 @item
@@ -183,8 +187,8 @@ make lilypond-upload \
 @item Switch back to master and get the updated news:
 
 @example
-git checkout master
-git merge release/unstable
+git checkout origin/staging
+git merge origin/release/unstable
 @end example
 
 @item Update @file{VERSION} in lilypond git and upload changes:
@@ -207,7 +211,7 @@ STABLE_VERSION = what's online (probably no change here)
 
 @example
 git commit -m "Release: bump version." VERSION
-git push origin
+git push origin HEAD:staging
 @end example
 
 
@@ -219,7 +223,7 @@ git push origin
 BUILD_DIR=$HOME/src/build-lilypond
 
 PICS=$BUILD_DIR/Documentation/pictures/out-www/
-EXAMPLES=$BUILD_DIR/Documentation/web/ly-examples/out-www/
+EXAMPLES=$BUILD_DIR/Documentation/ly-examples/out-www/
 
 cd $BUILD_DIR
 rsync -a $PICS graham@@lilypond.org:media/pictures
@@ -294,7 +298,29 @@ various websites, so be brief.
 Run convert-ly on all files, bump parser minimum version.
 
 @item
-Make FTP directories on lilypond.org
+Make directories on lilypond.org:
+
+@example
+~/web/download/sources/v2.14
+~/web/download/sources/v2.15
+@end example
+
+@item
+Shortly after the release, move all current contributors to
+previous contributors in:
+
+@example
+Documentation/included/authors.itexi
+@end example
+
+Also, delete old material in:
+
+@example
+Documentation/changes.tely
+@end example
+
+but don't forget to check it still compiles!  also update the
+version numbers.
 
 @item
 Website:
@@ -469,7 +495,8 @@ build the specific package(s) you want, i.e.
 @example
 bin/gub mingw::lilypond-installer
 make LILYPOND_BRANCH=stable/2.12 -f lilypond.make doc
-bin/gub --platform=darwin-x86 'git://git.sv.gnu.org/lilypond-doc.git?branch=stable/2.12'
+bin/gub --platform=darwin-x86 \
+  'git://git.sv.gnu.org/lilypond-doc.git?branch=stable/2.12'
 @end example
 
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