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diff --git a/doc/HACKING/ReleasingTor.md b/doc/HACKING/ReleasingTor.md index 04d9ecc3e8..4761ca9a37 100644 --- a/doc/HACKING/ReleasingTor.md +++ b/doc/HACKING/ReleasingTor.md @@ -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. |