X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/u/mdw/putty/blobdiff_plain/f578d6f3ed7fa2d5f945b757858f133f16a52204..04f1c8e7049f071302dc8fe596487012f898dd08:/CHECKLST.txt diff --git a/CHECKLST.txt b/CHECKLST.txt index ccc0ef06..fb630701 100644 --- a/CHECKLST.txt +++ b/CHECKLST.txt @@ -15,16 +15,21 @@ The LICENCE file in the main source distribution: The resource files: - - putty/pageant.rc + - putty/windows/pageant.rc + the copyright date appears twice, once in the About box and once in the Licence box. Don't forget to change both! - - putty/puttygen.rc + - putty/windows/puttygen.rc + the copyright date appears twice, once in the About box and once in the Licence box. Don't forget to change both! - - putty/win_res.rc + - putty/windows/win_res.rc + the copyright date appears twice, once in the About box and once in the Licence box. Don't forget to change both! - putty/mac/mac_res.r + + the copyright date appears twice, once in the About box and + once in the Licence box. Don't forget to change both! + - putty/mac/macpgen.r + + the copyright date appears twice, once in the About box and + once in the Licence box. Don't forget to change both! - putty/unix/gtkdlg.c + the copyright date appears twice, once in the About box and once in the Licence box. Don't forget to change both! @@ -45,12 +50,12 @@ Before tagging a release 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 -version numbers showed up in CVS was in the tag information. +number in at all - all version numbers were passed into the build +system on the compiler command line, and the _only_ place version +numbers showed up in the source files was in the tag information. Unfortunately, those halcyon days are gone, and we do need the -version number in CVS in a couple of places. These must be updated +version number checked in in a couple of places. These must be updated _before_ tagging a new release. The file used to generate the Unix snapshot version numbers (which @@ -59,9 +64,9 @@ orders them correctly with respect to releases): - putty/LATEST.VER -The Windows installer script: +The Windows installer script (_three_ times, on consecutive lines): - - putty/putty.iss + - putty/windows/putty.iss The Mac resource file (used to generate the binary bit of the 'vers' resources -- the strings are supplied by the usual means): @@ -119,7 +124,10 @@ of the tag. + Make sure Owen has kept the Alpha release link maps somewhere useful. - - Run Halibut to build the docs. + - 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" - Build the binary archives putty.zip (one for each architecture): each one just contains all the .exe files except PuTTYtel, and @@ -239,5 +247,5 @@ After the release The following want doing some time soon after a release has been made: - If the release was made from a branch, make sure the version number - in _trunk_ CVS is up to date in all the locations listed above, so + on the _trunk_ is up to date in all the locations listed above, so that (e.g.) Unix snapshots come out right.