RCS: @(#) $Id: README.releasemgr,v 1.2 2009/07/10 16:33:31 andreas_kupries Exp $

Welcome to the tcllib, the Tcl Standard Library.
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Introduction
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This README is intended to be a guide to the tools available to a

	Release manager

working on the creation of a release of Tcllib.

Audience
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The intended audience is the release manager of Tcllib, his deputies,
and anybody else interested in the task.

Basics
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< Flesh this out >

	sak.tcl validate
	sak.tcl test run
	sak.tcl review
	sak.tcl readme
	sak.tcl localdoc
	sak.tcl release (change to include rpmspec+gentip55+yml)

< Tasks, and how to perform them >

  	 Making a release (candidate) branch.
	 Readying the release in the branch.
	 Make the release official, merging the branch back.

Uploading and releasing files
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(1) Create a proper fossil event for the release, via

      http://core.tcl.tk/tcllib/eventedit

    See existing events (*) for a template

    (Ad *) http://core.tcl.tk/tcllib/event/dac0ddcd2e990234143196b4dc438fe01e7b9817

(2) Update the following web locations

    (a) Home page:	http://core.tcl.tk/tcllib/home
    (b) Downloads:	http://core.tcl.tk/tcllib/wiki?name=Downloads 
    (c) Past Releases:	http://core.tcl.tk/tcllib/wiki?name=Past+Releases

    Admin access to the fossil repository required

    (d) http://www.tcl.tk/home/release.txt
    (e) http://www.tcl.tk/software/tcllib/*.tml

    ssh access to tcl.activestate.com
    aka        	  www.tcl.tk
    required.

    (f) http://wiki.tcl.tk/1246
