* gdbint.texinfo (Releasing GDB): Revise the section ``Cut the
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2002-06-08 Andrew Cagney <ac131313@redhat.com>
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* gdbint.texinfo (Releasing GDB): Revise the section ``Cut the
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Branch''.
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2002-06-01 Andrew Cagney <ac131313@redhat.com>
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* gdbint.texinfo (Target Architecture Definition): Add section
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@ -5417,38 +5417,141 @@ Close anything obviously fixed.
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The targets are listed in @file{gdb/MAINTAINERS}.
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@section Cut the branch
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@section Cut the Branch
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@subheading The dirty work
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I think something like the below was used:
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@subheading Create the branch
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@smallexample
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$ d=`date -u +%Y-%m-%d`
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$ echo $d
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2002-01-24
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$ cvs -f -d /cvs/src rtag -D $d-gmt \
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gdb_5_1-$d-branchpoint insight+dejagnu
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$ cvs -f -d /cvs/src rtag -b -r gdb_V_V-$d-branchpoint \
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gdb_5_1-$d-branch insight+dejagnu
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$ u=5.1
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$ v=5.2
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$ V=`echo $v | sed 's/\./_/g'`
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$ D=`date -u +%Y-%m-%d`
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$ echo $u $V $D
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5.1 5_2 2002-03-03
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$ echo cvs -f -d :ext:sources.redhat.com:/cvs/src rtag \
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-D $D-gmt gdb_$V-$D-branchpoint insight+dejagnu
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cvs -f -d :ext:sources.redhat.com:/cvs/src rtag
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-D 2002-03-03-gmt gdb_5_2-2002-03-03-branchpoint insight+dejagnu
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$ ^echo ^^
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...
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$ echo cvs -f -d :ext:sources.redhat.com:/cvs/src rtag \
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-b -r gdb_$V-$D-branchpoint gdb_$V-branch insight+dejagnu
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cvs -f -d :ext:sources.redhat.com:/cvs/src rtag \
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-b -r gdb_5_2-2002-03-03-branchpoint gdb_5_2-branch insight+dejagnu
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$ ^echo ^^
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...
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$
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@end smallexample
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@itemize @bullet
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@item
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the @kbd{-D YYYY-MM-DD-gmt} forces the branch to an exact date/time.
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by using @kbd{-D YYYY-MM-DD-gmt} the branch is forced to an exact
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date/time.
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@item
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the trunk is first tagged so that the branch point can easily be found
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the trunk is first taged so that the branch point can easily be found
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@item
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Insight (which includes GDB) and dejagnu are tagged at the same time
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Insight (which includes GDB) and dejagnu are all tagged at the same time
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@item
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@file{version.in} gets bumped to avoid version number conflicts
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@item
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the reading of @file{.cvsrc} is disabled using @file{-f}
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@end itemize
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@subheading Update @file{version.in}
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@smallexample
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$ u=5.1
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$ v=5.2
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$ V=`echo $v | sed 's/\./_/g'`
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$ echo $u $v$V
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5.1 5_2
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$ cd /tmp
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$ echo cvs -f -d :ext:sources.redhat.com:/cvs/src co \
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-r gdb_$V-branch src/gdb/version.in
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cvs -f -d :ext:sources.redhat.com:/cvs/src co
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-r gdb_5_2-branch src/gdb/version.in
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$ ^echo ^^
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U src/gdb/version.in
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$ cd src/gdb
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$ echo $u.90-0000-00-00-cvs > version.in
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$ cat version.in
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5.1.90-0000-00-00-cvs
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$ cvs -f commit version.in
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@end smallexample
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@itemize @bullet
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@item
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@file{0000-00-00} is used as a date to pump prime the version.in update
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mechanism
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@item
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@file{.90} and the previous branch version are used as fairly arbitrary
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initial branch version number
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@end itemize
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@subheading Post the branch info
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@subheading Update the web and news pages
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Something?
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@subheading Tweak cron to track the new branch
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The file @file{gdbadmin/cron/crontab} contains gdbadmin's cron table.
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This file needs to be updated so that:
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@itemize @bullet
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@item
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a daily timestamp is added to the file @file{version.in}
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@item
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the new branch is included in the snapshot process
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@end itemize
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@noindent
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See the file @file{gdbadmin/cron/README} for how to install the updated
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cron table.
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The file @file{gdbadmin/ss/README} should also be reviewed to reflect
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any changes. That file is copied to both the branch/ and current/
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snapshot directories.
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@subheading Update the NEWS and README files
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The @file{NEWS} file needs to be updated so that on the branch it refers
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to @emph{changes in the current release} while on the trunk it also
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refers to @emph{changes since the current release}.
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The @file{README} file needs to be updated so that it refers to the
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current release.
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@subheading Post the branch info
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Send an announcement to the mailing lists:
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@itemize @bullet
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@item
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@email{gdb-announce@@sources.redhat.com, GDB Announcement mailing list}
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@item
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@email{gdb@@sources.redhat.com, GDB Discsussion mailing list} and
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@email{gdb-testers@@sources.redhat.com, GDB Discsussion mailing list}
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@endi itemize
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@emph{Pragmatics: The branch creation is sent to the announce list to
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ensure that people people not subscribed to the higher volume discussion
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list are alerted.}
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The announcement should include:
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@itemize @bullet
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@item
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the branch tag
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@item
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how to check out the branch using CVS
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@item
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the date/number of weeks until the release
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@item
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the branch commit policy
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still holds.
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@section Stabilize the branch
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Something goes here.
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