[Plplot-cvs] SF.net SVN: plplot:[11836] trunk/README.Release_Manager_Cookbook

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Revision: 11836
          http://plplot.svn.sourceforge.net/plplot/?rev=11836&view=rev
Author:   hbabcock
Date:     2011-08-01 18:31:54 +0000 (Mon, 01 Aug 2011)

Log Message:
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Update release manager docs to reflect ongoing changes at SF.

Modified Paths:
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    trunk/README.Release_Manager_Cookbook

Modified: trunk/README.Release_Manager_Cookbook
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--- trunk/README.Release_Manager_Cookbook	2011-08-01 18:30:57 UTC (rev 11835)
+++ trunk/README.Release_Manager_Cookbook	2011-08-01 18:31:54 UTC (rev 11836)
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@
 necessary on modern versions of Ubuntu in order to allow php-based websites
 like that of PLplot to work when installed in local user directories.
 
+You will also need to install "xml-to" (in the xml-to debian package).
+
 (When user directories are enabled this way, for the above case
 /home/irwin/public_html/plplot/htdocs, browses as
 http://raven/~irwin/plplot/htdocs/.)
@@ -222,6 +224,10 @@
 above command finishes executing you should go to this directory and verify
 that the examples build and that plplot_test.sh executes without errors.
 
+The build will fail (without any warning messages on the console) if you 
+do not have the necessary tools to build the documentation. It is a good 
+idea to verify that you can build the documentation (-DBUILD_DOC=ON).
+
 In the event that problems are found in PLplot during the release
 process, corrections should be made to trunk/, the ChangeLog.release
 file recreated and committed (see instructions above).  Then merge the
@@ -245,24 +251,17 @@
 Go to the PLplot SourceForge project page.
 
 Upload the Release:
-Select Project Admin / File Manager.
-Click on the plplot folder & select "New folder" from the pop-up menu (the gear like
-thing to the left of the plplot folder icon).
+Select Files.
+Click on the plplot folder & select "Add folder".
 Enter the release name as the "New folder name:", e.g. X.Y.Z Source.
-Click on the release folder pop-up menu & select "Upload here", upload the
+Click on the release folder pop-up menu & select "upload", upload the
 release and the gpg signature file from /tmp/plplot-dist-prep/. This can
 take a few minutes without much feedback.
 Concatenate the README.release and ChangeLog.release files into a single 
 README.release file.
-Click on "Upload File" again to upload the concatenated README.release file.
-Click on this file and mark it as "Release Note".
-Click on the source tarball & the signature file pop menu icon and select
-Properties. 
-Select README.release in the "Release Notes for this file" drop down menu. 
-Click on "Select All" for the platform set as default download (only do this
-for the source tarball).
-Click on the release folder pop-up menu icon, select properties and set
-the release notes for the folder.
+Upload the concatenated README.release file.
+Click on the "i" or "info" button to mark the tar.gz file as the default 
+file to download for all platforms.
 
 
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