On 08/28/2017 01:09 AM, Scott Kostyshak wrote: > On Sun, Aug 27, 2017 at 03:23:42AM +0200, Pavel Sanda wrote: >> Scott Kostyshak wrote: >>> Public release of LyX version 2.3.0beta1 >> Scott, did you put on lyx wiki the release steps you are using when >> releasing tarballs? >> (If not, can you share it there?) > I just updated the wiki with the basic steps I am doing. I will try to > keep it updated as I make corrections (as it seems I should in the case > of merging strings). > > https://wiki.lyx.org/Devel/ReleaseProcedure#toc1 > > I hope to eventually organize all of my notes. I have some that are > organized as "only for alpha1", "only for beta1", etc., and other > informal things to check (e.g. for pre-releases use a different, > scarier, form of ANNOUNCE). > >> It seems strings were not properly remerged for beta. > I think I have a fundamental misunderstanding. I thought that strings > were supposed to be remerged before asking translators for translations. > Then the translator returns the po file, and the po and the > corresponding gmo files are committed. What is the purpose of remerging > strings before a release? I was spoiled during 2.2.0 because I think > Georg and Uwe took care of all translation-related issues. That ended up > being a mistake because I realize that it is important for the release > manager to know all parts of the process, so I'm trying to learn.
I don't know the answer to this, but I do remerge strings before doing the mainteance releases, mostly because it said to do so on the wiki. (I've updated a lot of that myself now, so it's not as I found it.) Richard
