Update minor release checklist with new news instructions

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

diff --git a/Documentation/contributor/release-work.itexi b/Documentation/contributor/release-work.itexi
index a2e3cb15d5e7e171c7f77c99cca4263e9444d2be..32b7a1ac71efb022a0bcfa9044fda23edac8e23b 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/contributor/release-work.itexi
+++ b/Documentation/contributor/release-work.itexi
@@ -132,10 +132,30 @@ git merge origin/master
 make -C $LILYPOND_BUILD_DIR po-replace
 mv $LILYPOND_BUILD_DIR/po/lilypond.pot po/
 gedit Documentation/web/news-front.itexi Documentation/web/news.itexi
+gedit Documentation/web/news-headlines.itexi
 gedit VERSION
 gedit ly/Wel*.ly
 @end example
 
+Editing the @file{news-headlines.itexi} file is a bit tricky, since it contains
+URLs with escaped characters.  An example of what is needed is that releasing
+@code{2.19.50} after the release of @code{2.19.49} needed the line:
+
+@example
+@@uref@{news.html#LilyPond-2_002e19_002e49-released-October-16_002c-2016,
+  LilyPond 2.19.49 released - @@emph@{October 16, 2016@}@}
+@end example
+
+to be changed to:
+
+@example
+@@uref@{news.html#LilyPond-2_002e19_002e50-released-November-6_002c-2016,
+  LilyPond 2.19.50 released - @@emph@{November 6, 2016@}@}
+@end example
+
+Don't forget to update the entry above that line to show the latest release
+version.
+
 @item
 Commit, push, switch back to master (or wherever else):
 
@@ -615,8 +635,8 @@ replace @code{2.15.33-1} with the latest build):
 @uref{http://lilypond.org/downloads/binaries/test-output/lilypond-2.15.33-1.test-output.tar.bz2}
 @end smallexample
 
-Copy the tarball into @file{gub/regtests/}, and tell the build
-system that you have done this:
+Copy the tarball into @file{regtests/}, and tell the build system that
+you have done this:
 
 @example
 touch regtests/ignore