[phc-internals] [phc] r3395 committed - Flesh out RELEASE.HOWTO where I had been unclear.

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Revision: 3395
Author: paul.biggar
Date: Tue Oct 26 06:21:18 2010
Log: Flesh out RELEASE.HOWTO where I had been unclear.

http://code.google.com/p/phc/source/detail?r=3395

Modified:
  /trunk/doc/RELEASE.HOWTO

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--- /trunk/doc/RELEASE.HOWTO	Fri Sep 10 01:13:36 2010
+++ /trunk/doc/RELEASE.HOWTO	Tue Oct 26 06:21:18 2010
@@ -1,31 +1,38 @@
-0. svn update
-	- do not omit this step.
-
-1. Update the Changelog
-
-2. Run misc/makerelease.sh
-	- check the test results are correct
-
-3. Upload the release to phpcompiler.org
-	- unzip the docs into doc/
-	- put all files in src/archive
-
-4. Update phpcompiler.org
-	- news
-	- downloads
-	- documentation
-	- .htaccess - doc links
-	- contribute - Have you thanked the contributors?
-	- ChangeLog goes in the repository
-
-5. Update code.google.com
-	- upload the files
-
-6. Tag the release
-
-7. Announce on phc-general
-	- major releases on comp.compilers and php.general
-
-8. Update freshmeat
-
-9. Does anything need to be merged back to trunk?
+How to do a release of phc.
+
+	0. svn update
+		- do not omit this step.
+
+	1. Update the Changelog
+		- In theory, this should be every change made in this release. However,
+		  this is very expensive in time, for very little gain, so high-level
+		  fixes are probably better.
+
+	2. Run misc/makerelease.sh
+		- check the test results are correct
+
+	3. Upload the release to phpcompiler.org
+		- unzip the docs into doc/
+		- put all files in src/archive
+
+	4. Update phpcompiler.org
+		- news
+		- downloads
+		- documentation
+		- .htaccess - doc links
+		- contribute - Have you thanked the contributors?
+		- ChangeLog goes in the repository
+
+	5. Update code.google.com
+		- upload the files
+
+	6. Tag the release using svn
+
+	7. Announce on phc-general
+		- major releases on comp.compilers and php.general
+
+	8. Update freshmeat
+
+Minor releases only:
+
+	9. Does anything need to be merged back to trunk?