X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/u/mdw/putty/blobdiff_plain/8855e10ac58cafaf6ae95b4695c3332ceada887d..533c7491240f2fd71d026e91f0a940f4729992fd:/CHECKLST.txt

diff --git a/CHECKLST.txt b/CHECKLST.txt
index ae2d5b9e..3f43a18e 100644
--- a/CHECKLST.txt
+++ b/CHECKLST.txt
@@ -48,9 +48,10 @@ The website:
 Before tagging a release
 ------------------------
 
- - First of all, go through the source (including the documentation)
-   and remove anything tagged with a comment containing the word
-   XXX-REMOVE-BEFORE-RELEASE.
+ - First of all, go through the source (including the documentation),
+   and the website, and review anything tagged with a comment
+   containing the word XXX-REVIEW-BEFORE-RELEASE.
+   (Any such comments should state clearly what needs to be done.)
 
 For a long time we got away with never checking the current version
 number in at all - all version numbers were passed into the build
@@ -136,7 +137,12 @@ of the tag.
  - Run Halibut to build the docs. Define VERSION on the make command
    line to override the version strings, since Subversion revision
    numbers are less meaningful on a tag.
-    + make -C doc VERSION="PuTTY release 0.XX"
+    + change into the doc subdir
+    + run `make VERSION="PuTTY release 0.XX" chm', then run `hhc
+      putty.hhp' to build the .CHM
+    + then run `make mostlyclean' (destroys the hhc input files but
+      _not_ the .CHM)
+    + then `make VERSION="PuTTY release 0.XX"'
 
  - Build the binary archives putty.zip (one for each architecture):
    each one just contains all the .exe files except PuTTYtel, and
@@ -221,6 +227,10 @@ of the tag.
      Download page.
    + Adjust header text on Changelog page. (That includes changing
      `are new' in previous version to `were new'!)
+   + FOR NEXT RELEASE ONLY: update the docs page so that it links to
+     the release .chm as well as the release .hlp and .cnt. Remove
+     this checklist item after it's done; it won't need doing again
+     in the subsequent release.
 
  - Update the wishlist. This can be done without touching individual
    items by editing the @releases array in control/bugs2html.