diff --git a/README.RELEASE_PROCESS b/README.RELEASE_PROCESS index a2ec4b0299a..7f79356183d 100644 --- a/README.RELEASE_PROCESS +++ b/README.RELEASE_PROCESS @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ way round. Rolling a non stable release (alpha/beta/RC) -------------------------------------------- -1. Check windows snapshot builder logs (http://snaps.php.net/win32/snapshot-STABLE.log f.e.) +1. Check windows snapshot builder logs (http://windows.php.net/downloads/snaps/ the last revision) 2. run the "scripts/dev/credits" script in php-src and commit the changes in the credits files in ext/standard. @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Do not use abbreviations for alpha and beta. 4. Commit those changes and note the revision id. 5. tag the repository with the version. To do the tag in a fast way do a svn copy on the server using full URLs. You should use the revision id from the above commit to prevent mistakes in case there was a commit in between. f.e. "``svn cp https://svn.php.net/repository/php/php-src/branches/PHP_5_3@308399 https://svn.php.net/repository/php/php-src/tags/php_5_3_6RC1``" -(of course, you need to change that to the version you're rolling an RC for). +(of course, you need to change that to the version you're rolling an RC for). Mail php-internals to announce the tag so tests/validation/check can be done prior to package it. It is especially important for RCs. 6. Bump up the version numbers in ``main/php_version.h``, ``configure.in`` and possibly ``NEWS`` again, to the **next** version. F.e. if the release @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ Derick) run the following commands for you: 4. Update ``web/php/trunk/include/version.inc`` (x=major version number) - a. ``$PHP_x_RC`` = "5.3.0RC1" + a. ``$PHP_x_RC`` = "5.4.0RC1" b. ``$PHP_x_RC_DATE`` = "06 September 2007" @@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ Derick) run the following commands for you: 6. For the first RC, write the doc team (phpdoc@lists.php.net) about updating the INSTALL and win32/install.txt files which are generated from the PHP manual sources. +7. Publish the announce on www.php.net as well (for all releases, alpha, RCs or other) + Rolling a stable release ------------------------ @@ -163,7 +165,7 @@ and build two tarballs (one gz and one bz2). 13. Once the release has been tagged, contact the PHP Windows development team (internals-win@lists.php.net) so that Windows binaries can be created. Once -those are made, they should be committed to CVS too. +those are made, they should be committed to SVN too. 14. Check if the pear files are updated (phar for 5.1+ or run pear/make-pear-bundle.php with 4.4)