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--
-- RELEASE
--
-- release instructions.
--
-- Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Stefan Jahn <stefan@lkcc.org>
--
-- This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-- it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-- the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
-- any later version.
--
-- This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
-- GNU General Public License for more details.
--
-- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-- along with this package; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
-- the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street - Fifth Floor,
-- Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
--
Distribution process:
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* Ensure the release is complete.
- Check the TODO, NEWS and BUGS files for pending or completed tasks.
- Make sure INSTALL, THANKS and README files are up to date.
* Test build and packaging.
- Maintainance currently requires the following software packages:
+ Autoconf version 2.57 (at least)
+ GNU automake 1.7.0 (at least)
+ flex 2.5.31 (but at least 2.5.9)
+ GNU M4 (any version)
+ GNU Bison 1.875d
+ GNU gperf 3.0.1
+ adms 2.2.8 (at least)
- Get latest `config.guess' and `config.sub' from GNU servers or run the
command `automake -a -f -c' with latest automake version installed.
- Run `make distclean', `sh autogen.sh' and `make all'.
- Run `make distcheck'.
- Check this status into CVS and tag it.
* Bump up version.
- Add a ChangeLog entry in toplevel directory.
- Add new section in NEWS.
- Bump up version number in `configure.ac'.
- Check into CVS.
* Distribute the package.
- Upload the package to the SourceForge server and add a News item.
- Announce the release at Freshmeat.
- Send an announcement to <qucs-help@lists.sourceforge.net>.
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