From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
To: Ariel Rios <jarios@usa.net>
Cc: guile-gtk@sourceware.cygnus.com
Subject: Re: Pre release of guile-gtk 0.17
Date: Sun, 03 Oct 1999 17:36:00 -0000
Message-id: <87yadkj840.fsf@zagadka.ping.de>
References: <19991002015401.6060.qmail@nwcst315.netaddress.usa.net>
X-SW-Source: 1999-q4/msg00004.html

Ariel Rios <jarios@usa.net> writes:

> I have just uploaded the initial pre-release of guile-gtk 0.17

Hmm, how did you make that tarball?  I don't think it is a proper
distribution.

Off the top of my head, here is the procedure for making a release:

- Fix bugs until "make distcheck" survives.

- Go thru the ChangeLog and bring the NEWS file uptodate.  For
  example, there should be short descriptions of the new "rect" type,
  of "define-structure" and of the multiple-return-value stuff.  Just
  ask the original author for the NEWS entries.

- Bump version number in configure.in and README

- Commit changes to CVS

- Tag the sources with "guile_gtk_0_17_release" by running

    % cd .../guile-gtk/
    % cvs tag -r guile_gtk_0_17_release

- Run "make dist"

Additions, anyone?

> Changes since 0.16 are to numerous to be written.

The announcement for 0.17 should include the relevant NEWS section
because there will be interesting things in it.

- Marius