I'm instituting a policy that before every release I will grep the

[u/mdw/putty] / CHECKLST.txt

diff --git a/CHECKLST.txt b/CHECKLST.txt
index 3ef0982..bceaae6 100644 (file)
--- a/CHECKLST.txt
+++ b/CHECKLST.txt
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ The website:
 Before tagging a release
 ------------------------
 
+ - First of all, go through the source and remove anything tagged
+   with a comment containing the word XXX-REMOVE-BEFORE-RELEASE.
+
 For a long time we got away with never checking the current version
 number into CVS at all - all version numbers were passed into the
 build system on the compiler command line, and the _only_ place
@@ -82,6 +85,9 @@ This is the procedure I (SGT) currently follow (or _should_ follow
 :-) when actually making a release, once I'm happy with the position
 of the tag.
 
+ - Double-check that we have removed anything tagged with a comment
+   containing the word XXX-REMOVE-BEFORE-RELEASE.
+
  - Write a release announcement (basically a summary of the changes
    since the last release). Squirrel it away in
    ixion:src/putty/local/announce-<ver> in case it's needed again