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README for MAKING BINUTILS RELEASES
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This is a collection of notes on how to perform a binutils release. A
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lot of this information can also be found in the maintain.texi file in
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the gnulib project:
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https://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/
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It is useful to have a cloned copy of the sources of this project as
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it also contains an upload script used to install tarballs on the GNU
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FTP server.
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Make sure that you have upload authority on sourceware and fencepost.
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Beware - this is an involved process and can take weeks to complete.
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See the maintain.texi file for details on how to obtain these
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permissions.
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How to perform a release.
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xxx -- fill in stuff here -- xxx
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How to perform a point release.
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A point release is easier than a normal release since a lot of the
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work has already been done. The branch has been created, the
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translations updated and the documentation uploaded. So the procedure
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looks like this:
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0. Decide that a point release is necessary.
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Usually this only happens when a sufficient number of serious
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bugs have been found and fixed since the previous release, and a
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new official release is not imminent.
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1. Tell the community that a point release is happening. Ask
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maintainers to ensure that their ports are up to date on the
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release branch. Ask the community if there are any bug fixes
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which are missing from the branch. Allow some time for the
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responses to this step.
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2. Make sure that the branch sources build, test and install
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correctly.
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3. In the branch sources:
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a. Update the minor release number in bfd/version.m4.
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b. Edit bfd/development.sh and set "development=false".
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c. Regenerate the configure files.
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d. Commit the updates along with a "this-is-the-2.XX.X-release"
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note in all of the changelogs.
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e. Tag the branch with the new release number:
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git tag -a binutils-2_XX_X
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[optional: add "-u XXXXX" to sign with a gpg key]
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git push origin binutils-2_XX_X
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f. Create the release tarballs:
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./src-release -b -g -l -x binutils
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g. Edit bfd/development.sh and set "development=true".
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h. Commit this change into the git repository.
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i. Clean up the source tree. (Use "git status" to find new
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files, and remove them).
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FIXME: The tarballs will contain spurious autom4te.cache
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directories which could be removed to reduce their size.
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4. [If paranoid - upload the tarballs to one of the FTP servers and
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ask people to test it before going on to step 5].
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5. Upload the tarballs to ftp.gnu.org.
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gnupload --to ftp.gnu.org:binutils binutils-X.XX.X.tar.*
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The gnupload script is in the gnulib/build-aux directory.
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6. Upload the tarballs to sourceware.org:
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sftp sourceware.org
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cd /ftp/pub/binutils/releases
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put binutils-X.XX.X.tar.*
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chmod 644 binutils-X.XX.X.tar.*
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quit
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FIXME: Should the signatures (created by the gnupload script in
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step 5) be uploaded as well ?
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7. Update web pages. For sourceware.org:
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* Log on to sourceware.org
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* Go /www/htdocs/binutils
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* Edit index.html
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For the www.gnu.org site you have to email webmasters@gnu.org
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and ask them to make the change(s).
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8. Send an emails to the binutils list, info-gnu@gnu.org and
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David Edelsohn <dje.gcc@gmail.com> announcing the new release.
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(The email to Davis is so that he can update the GNU Toolchain
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social media). Something like this:
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------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Hi Everyone,
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We are pleased to announce that version 2.XX.X of the Binutils project
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sources have been released and are now available for download at:
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https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/binutils
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https://sourceware.org/pub/binutils/releases/
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This is a point release over the previous 2.XX version, containing bug
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fixes but no new features.
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Our thanks go out to all of the binutils contributors, past and
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present, for helping to make this release possible.
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
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are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
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notice and this notice are preserved.
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