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-rw-r--r--admin/make-tarball.txt7
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/admin/FOR-RELEASE b/admin/FOR-RELEASE
index 90e05a557a8..aef0773b89d 100644
--- a/admin/FOR-RELEASE
+++ b/admin/FOR-RELEASE
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@ Tasks needed before the next release.
2 2
3* TO BE DONE SHORTLY BEFORE RELEASE 3* TO BE DONE SHORTLY BEFORE RELEASE
4 4
5** Update release dates of manuals.
6
7** Check for widow and orphan lines in manuals; 5** Check for widow and orphan lines in manuals;
8make sure all the pages really look ok in the manual as formatted. 6make sure all the pages really look ok in the manual as formatted.
9 7
8** Check for text in manuals that assumes current version is 21.
9
10** Update AUTHORS. 10** Update AUTHORS.
11[Done 2006-10-03]
11 12
12** Regenerate the postscript files of the reference cards in etc. 13** Regenerate the postscript files of the reference cards in etc.
13 14
@@ -34,22 +35,16 @@ These don't need to be fixed to start pretest, but we call the
34attention of Windows users to fixing them. 35attention of Windows users to fixing them.
35 36
36** Drew Adams 12 Aug bug rpt: overlay display artifact: trace left behind 37** Drew Adams 12 Aug bug rpt: overlay display artifact: trace left behind
37Windows only bug. 38Windows only bug. Bug appears only when Cleartype enabled, probably related
39to the hack introduced on 2005-07-01 to fix some other Cleartype problem.
38 40
39** henman@it.to-be.co.jp 09 Aug 2006: ispell.el problem on Cygwin. 41** henman@it.to-be.co.jp 09 Aug 2006: ispell.el problem on Cygwin.
40 (Did we decide that is unreproducible?) 42 (Did we decide that is unreproducible?)
41 43
42** kitty@dre.vanderbilt.edu Sep 20 says make-frame ignores left and top.
43
44* BUGS 44* BUGS
45 45
46** Enrico Schwass, Sep 13 help-gnu-emacs: display japanese outputdoesnt work quite right 46** hashiz@tomba.meridiani.jp, Oct 6: bootstrap failure on FreeBSD 6.2
47 47Can't be reproduced on GNU/Linux.
48** XIM hotkey doesn't work in Emacs with gnome-settings-demon.
49
50** jpff@codemist.co.uk, Sep 29: rmail g gets Wrong type argument error.
51
52** M.P.Hodges@rl.ac.uk Sep 30: list-processes and process sentinels not run.
53 48
54* DOCUMENTATION 49* DOCUMENTATION
55 50
diff --git a/admin/make-tarball.txt b/admin/make-tarball.txt
index 0fcba5b40c8..9b15f8d39b3 100644
--- a/admin/make-tarball.txt
+++ b/admin/make-tarball.txt
@@ -62,8 +62,11 @@ For each step, check for possible errors.
62 echo directory: emacs/pretest > FILE.directive (for a pretest) 62 echo directory: emacs/pretest > FILE.directive (for a pretest)
63 echo directory: emacs > FILE.directive (for a release) 63 echo directory: emacs > FILE.directive (for a release)
64 gpg --clearsign FILE.directive 64 gpg --clearsign FILE.directive
65 Upload by anonymous ftp to ftp://ftp-upload.gnu.org/incoming/ftp/ 65 Upload by anonymous ftp to ftp://ftp-upload.gnu.org/ the files FILE,
66 the files FILE, FILE.sig, FILE.directive.asc 66 FILE.sig, FILE.directive.asc.
67 For a release, place the files in the /incoming/ftp directory.
68 For a pretest, place the files in /incoming/alpha instead, so that
69 they appear on ftp://alpha.gnu.org/.
67 70
6813. After five minutes, verify that the files are visible at 7113. After five minutes, verify that the files are visible at
69 ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/pretest/ for a pretest, at 72 ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/pretest/ for a pretest, at