From: Stefano Lattarini Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:21:35 +0000 (+0200) Subject: hacking: fixlets w.r.t. the release procedure X-Git-Tag: v1.11d~31 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=68be923ceda6b4458123bd74c4fb5eb71589db00;p=thirdparty%2Fautomake.git hacking: fixlets w.r.t. the release procedure * HACKING (Release procedure): Do not state that the result of "make fetch" is woefully incomplete: this is not true anymore today. Suggest to re-run the testsuite after a "make fetch", in case any file has been updated. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini --- diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING index 8d3471fc1..c57da677e 100644 --- a/HACKING +++ b/HACKING @@ -219,9 +219,9 @@ releases as well. Where differences are expected, they will be explicitly described. -* Fetch new versions of the files that are maintained by the FSF. - Commit. Unfortunately you need an FSF account to do this. - (You can also use "make fetch", but that is still woefully incomplete.) +* Fetch new versions of the files that are maintained by the FSF by + running "make fetch". In case any file in the automake repository + has been updated, commit and re-run the testsuite. * Update NEWS.