ngIRCd Release 27

[ngircd.git] / doc / HowToRelease.txt

diff --git a/doc/HowToRelease.txt b/doc/HowToRelease.txt
index 5c365f9431157bdd8701aa6e5755bc09ebecb873..35514230e96b1924c15a5924b938c119c4e44625 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/HowToRelease.txt
+++ b/doc/HowToRelease.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
                      ngIRCd - Next Generation IRC Server
                            http://ngircd.barton.de/
 
-               (c)2001-2020 Alexander Barton and Contributors.
+               (c)2001-2024 Alexander Barton and Contributors.
                ngIRCd is free software and published under the
                    terms of the GNU General Public License.
 
@@ -46,15 +46,17 @@ b) Make sure the source tree is in a releasable state ;-)
     - Are all branches & patches merged? Check GitHub issues, pull requests
       and milestones!
     - Run as many tests as you can!
-    - Is the AUTHORS file up to date? This command may be helpful:
-      "( grep '>$' AUTHORS; git shortlog -se | cut -c8- ) | grep -Ev \
-       '(alex@barton.de|fw@strlen.de)' | LC_ALL=de_DE.UTF-8 sort -u"
+    - Is the AUTHORS.md file up to date? This command may be helpful:
+      "( grep '>$' AUTHORS.md; git shortlog -se|cut -c8-|sed 's/^/- /' ) \
+        | grep -Ev '(alex@barton.de|fw@strlen.de)' \
+        | LC_ALL=de_DE.UTF-8 sort -u"
 
 c) Update the files describing the new release:
     - ChangeLog
     - NEWS
 
 d) Update the version numbers in the following files:
+    - contrib/de.barton.ngircd.metainfo.xml
     - contrib/ngircd.spec
 
 e) Generate a new Debian change log entry in the following file, e.g. using
@@ -72,8 +74,8 @@ h) Run "./autogen.sh" to update the ./configure script with the correct
 
 i) Run "./configure" to rebuild all generated Makefiles.
 
-j) Run "make distcheck" (and "make dist-tarZ dist-xz") to generate all of the
-   distribution archives.
+j) Run "make distcheck" (and "make dist-tarZ && make dist-xz") to generate all
+   of the distribution archives.
 
 k) Sign the distribution archive(s) using GnuPG: "gpg -b <archivefile>"