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RELEASE: Recommend checking the latest releases
authorAlejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
Tue, 1 Aug 2023 12:16:40 +0000 (14:16 +0200)
committerAlejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
Tue, 1 Aug 2023 12:20:12 +0000 (14:20 +0200)
Instead of pointing to specific releases, suggest checking all 6.*
releases.  Show the commands necessary to do so.

Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
RELEASE

diff --git a/RELEASE b/RELEASE
index 6d4b7b1cfe0c0f3533d41aa8b1f5c8b15aecc76b..42fcde640dbe4f1e92a156646bf9f1a14248e039 100644 (file)
--- a/RELEASE
+++ b/RELEASE
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ Description
        (2)  Changes
 
             Fill the <Changes> file.  For that you can check older
-            commits, like d4e80a7748 "Changes: Ready for 6.01".  It
-            needs manual intervention, but in that commit log you can
+            commits: `git log -p --grep 'Changes: Ready for 6'`.  It
+            needs manual intervention, but in those commit logs you can
             check a few commands that will help.
 
             -  Remember to change the version number, the date, and the
@@ -58,8 +58,7 @@ Description
                (usually happens with "New and changed links").
 
             -  The structure is a bit freestyle, but keep it organized.
-               man-pages-6.00 was a huge release, so it might help to
-               check it: 51228378bec7 "Changes: Ready for 6.00".
+               Check how previous releases did it.
 
             -  Commit:
 
@@ -72,7 +71,8 @@ Description
             important changes in the version being released, since it
             will be read by users and packagers.  It should include any
             information that is especially relevant for them.  Check old
-            tags such as 'man-pages-6.00' or 'man-pages-6.01'.
+            tags:
+            `git tag | grep 'man-pages-6' | tac | xargs git show --stat`
 
             -  Tag:
 
@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ Description
 
        (5)  LSM
 
-            Update the <lsm> file.  Check old commits, like
-            c11cb1ca844d "Ready for 6.01".
+            Update the <lsm> file.  Check old commits:
+            `git log -p -- lsm`.
 
             -  Update the project version number.