Author: crossley
Date: Tue Dec 15 08:25:41 2009
New Revision: 890684
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=890684&view=rev
Log:
Some text tweaks.
Modified:
forrest/trunk/site-author/content/xdocs/procedures/release/How_to_release.xml
Modified:
forrest/trunk/site-author/content/xdocs/procedures/release/How_to_release.xml
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/forrest/trunk/site-author/content/xdocs/procedures/release/How_to_release.xml?rev=890684&r1=890683&r2=890684&view=diff
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---
forrest/trunk/site-author/content/xdocs/procedures/release/How_to_release.xml
(original)
+++
forrest/trunk/site-author/content/xdocs/procedures/release/How_to_release.xml
Tue Dec 15 08:25:41 2009
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
<li>The project made good progress towards fixing the Blockers and
applying the outstanding patches.</li>
<li>The documentation content is ready.</li>
<li>Plugins have been reviewed and deployed as necessary. Some perhaps
need to
- go through a release process. This should happen independently of
the release process.
+ go through a release process. This should happen independently of
the core release process.
</li>
<li>Supporting products (e.g. Ant, Xerces) should have been updated
well before this
stage. Do not attempt such upgrades too close to the release,
as it
@@ -319,14 +319,15 @@
</p>
<note>
There are various reasons for voting on the Release Plan, e.g. makes
- people aware that a code-freeze is about to happen; encourage them to
- get involved with the release; ensure that the date is suitable and
+ people aware that a code-freeze is about to happen; draws attention to
+ the release process; encourages people to get involved; ensures that
the
+ date is suitable and
people will be around to test and then vote on the actual release. This
ensures that it is the PMC as a whole that prepares and issues the
release, rather than an individual. Such procedures give us the
protection accorded by the ASF being a corporation. See a good
- discussion <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=114296877800003";
rel="nofollow">in
- the archives</a>.
+ discussion on the cocoon-dev list:
+ <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=114296877800003";
rel="nofollow">Re: Voting on releases?</a>
</note>
</section>
<section id="PrepCodeBase">
@@ -692,7 +693,7 @@
This will be used later for the svn log message when the branch is
created. Also it is helpful for ensuring that no new commits have
been made, i.e. people forgetting the code freeze. From here on
- watch the svn@ list.
+ carefully watch the svn@ list.
</p></li>
<li><p>Cleanup your working copy to remove any extra files.</p>
<source>
@@ -1005,7 +1006,7 @@
</p>
<p>
See <a href="http://www.apache.org/mirrors/";>Status of mirrors</a>.
- It is a very useful service and fun to watch. See the "age
histogram"i
+ It is a very useful service and fun to watch. See the "age
histogram"
near the bottom.
</p>
<p>
