| This is an alpha testing release of GNU Libtool. To get the latest | |
| CVS version of this package, do: | |
| cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@anoncvs.gnu.org:/gd/gnu/anoncvsroot login | |
| [Hit return when prompted for the password] | |
| cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@anoncvs.gnu.org:/gd/gnu/anoncvsroot checkout libtool | |
| cd libtool | |
| ./autogen | |
| The `autogen' script sets up the source directory for you to hack. To | |
| use it, you need a recent (maybe yet to be released) version of both | |
| Autoconf and Automake. | |
| Please do not send any bug reports or questions about this snapshot to | |
| public forums (such as GNU newsgroups), send them directly to the | |
| libtool mailing list, <bug-libtool@gnu.org>. | |
| ================================================================ | |
| = Administrivia | |
| * If you incorporate a change from somebody on the net: | |
| First, if it is a large change, you must make sure they have signed the | |
| appropriate paperwork. | |
| Second, be sure to add their name and email address to THANKS | |
| * If a change fixes a test, mention the test in the ChangeLog entry. | |
| * If somebody reports a new bug, mention his name in the ChangeLog entry | |
| and in the test case you write. Put him into THANKS. | |
| * The correct response to most actual bugs is to write a new test case | |
| which demonstrates the bug. Then fix the bug, re-run the test suite, | |
| and check everything in. | |
| * Some files in the automake package are not owned by libtool. These | |
| files should never be edited here. These files are COPYING, INSTALL, | |
| config.guess config.sub, install-sh, mdate-sh, mkinstalldirs, texinfo.tex | |
| * Changes other than bug fixes must be mentioned in NEWS | |
| ================================================================ | |
| = Test suite | |
| * Use "make check" and "make maintainer-check" liberally | |
| * Make sure each test file is executable | |
| ================================================================ | |
| = Release procedure | |
| * Fetch new versions of the files that are maintained by the FSF. | |
| The most important ones are available for anonymous CVS in the | |
| `common' directory, sibling of the libtool CVS tree: | |
| cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@anoncvs.gnu.org:/gd/gnu/anoncvsroot checkout common | |
| * Update NEWS. | |
| * Update the version number in configure.in and libtool.spec. | |
| (The idea is that every other alpha number will be a net release. | |
| The repository will always have its own "odd" number so we can easily | |
| distinguish net and repo versions.) | |
| * Configure, build, and install. | |
| * Commit | |
| * Run `make cvs-dist' | |
| * Put new release on ftp site and send announcement. | |
| (If not an alpha, announcement must also go to FSF.) | |
| * Update version number in configure.in to next alpha number. | |
| Commit. |