On Oct 2, 2007, at 5:05 PM, Philipp von Weitershausen wrote:
Martijn Faassen wrote:
A release of zope.dottedname was made apparently today that refers
to a CHANGES.txt but doesn't have one. Probable scenario: someone
forgot to svn add a CHANGES.txt, then didn't check out before the
tag before releasing...
Right. This is actually a *common* mistake. Not everybody believed
me when I sad that it was. I think we've got proof of this once
more now.
A couple of days ago I added some very explicit instructions on how
you should make a release to my guide [1]. Basically it says you
should *first* make a tag and only create the release *from the
tag*. I hope that people will take this more seriously now.
I do,
It's not that I consider my guide to be a papal edict (I'm not Jim,
after all),
:)
It would help if you would split out the release making part so we
can focus on that.
but it *is* based on experience and best practices. Having made
releases for many Zope eggs (if you want proof, just look at [2]),
I think I can safely say that I know my way around the pitfalls now.
Agreed.
That said, I welcome any suggestion that other people have while
creating releases. We need to get better at this stuff!
Yup. See above about separating the release instructions.
One hole I see is giving people guidance on what needs to be tested
(and how) before a release is made. My preference would be to rely
heavily on judgement with a few checks so as not to make things too
heavy. This might rule out some releasers.
Jim
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Jim Fulton
Zope Corporation
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