add an item about creating branches when necessary

git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@4579

diff --git a/docs/internals/release-HOWTO.txt b/docs/internals/release-HOWTO.txt
index e9a2cc8653d8ff073033e97942608d0b316e9313..3f1d14553d953d301909c5f589f9927508faaf56 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/internals/release-HOWTO.txt
+++ b/docs/internals/release-HOWTO.txt
@@ -87,7 +87,9 @@ For the official release:
 - Check tarball builds, installs, regtests on platforms of interest.
   If not, fix and repeat until success.
 
-- Tag the repository ("VALGRIND_X_Y_Z").
+- Tag the repositories ("VALGRIND_X_Y_Z" and "VEX_X_Y_Z").
+  If it's a X.Y.0 release, make "VALGRIND_X_Y_BRANCH" and "VEX_X_Y_BRANCH"
+  branches too.
   
 - Update website: 
   - Put the tarball up.