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authorNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2016-12-12 15:38:51 -0500
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@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ new Tor release:
to a release-0.2.x branch, manually commit the changelogs to the later
git branches too.
-3. If you're doing the first stable release in a series, you need to
+3. If you're doing the first stable release in a series, you need to
create a ReleaseNotes for the series as a whole. To get started
there, copy all of the Changelog entries from the series into a new
file, and run `./scripts/maint/sortChanges.py` on it. That will
@@ -164,12 +164,15 @@ new Tor release:
0.2.2.23-alpha" (or whatever the version is), and we select the date as
the date in the ChangeLog.
-5. Wait up to a day or two (for a development release), or until most
- packages are up (for a stable release), and mail the release blurb and
- changelog to tor-talk or tor-announce.
+5. Mail the release blurb and ChangeLog to tor-talk (development release) or
+ tor-announce (stable).
- (We might be moving to faster announcements, but don't announce until
- the website is at least updated.)
+ Post the changelog on the the blog as well. You can generate a
+ blog-formatted version of the changelog with the -B option to
+ format-changelog.
+
+ When you post, include an estimate of when the next TorBrowser releases
+ will come out that include this Tor release.
=== V. Aftermath and cleanup
@@ -182,4 +185,5 @@ new Tor release:
2. Forward-port the ChangeLog (and ReleaseNotes if appropriate).
+3. Keep an eye on the blog post, to moderate comments and answer questions.