From 67a2a99e2efcf3922434d427097cc708009946da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kate Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 14:45:56 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Improve wording in the release steps --- release/readme.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/release/readme.md b/release/readme.md index 275e80520ce..fc001958d01 100644 --- a/release/readme.md +++ b/release/readme.md @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ * update version in all the opam files and in configure.ac * run `make configure` to regenerate `./configure` [checked by github actions] * update copyright headers -* if you're releasing the first final release of a new branch (e.g. 2.2.0): make sure `root_version` in OpamFile.ml is set to the final release number (e.g. for 2.2.0, root_version should be 2.2). Make sure that opamFormatUpgrade.ml also contains an upgrade function from the previous version (that function will most likely be empty) +* if you're releasing the first final release of a new branch (e.g. 2.2.0) and the `root_version` has changed since the previous stable version (e.g. 2.1.6): make sure `root_version` in OpamFile.ml is set to the final release number (e.g. for 2.2.0, `root_version` should be 2.2). Make sure that opamFormatUpgrade.ml also contains an upgrade function from the previous version (that function will most likely be empty) * run `make tests`, `opam-rt` [checked by github actions] * update the CHANGE file: take `master_changes.md` content to fill it