Update release making notes to metion checking for new top level files.

	* README-how-to-make-a-release: Add note to check for new top
	level files and add them to the src-release.sh script.

diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index a32588dcdf1b08baf36e07fccab765fd43fa52d2..f909f95f13b18385cbffa5ea92aa5e1044f5d668 100644 (file)
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2018-07-16  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+       * README-how-to-make-a-release: Add note to check for new top
+       level files and add them to the src-release.sh script.
+
 2018-07-14  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
        * README-how-to-make-a-release: Updated with corrections based on

diff --git a/binutils/README-how-to-make-a-release b/binutils/README-how-to-make-a-release
index 00ecfe7a6871cc8e3cd8f790fb2390079c408ec2..3b848e169666ca28b00fc05f71c275f8c23d4de5 100644 (file)
--- a/binutils/README-how-to-make-a-release
+++ b/binutils/README-how-to-make-a-release
@@ -180,7 +180,12 @@ When the time comes to actually make the release....
 
             % find . -depth -name autom4te.cache -exec rm -r {} \;
 
-  23. Create the release tarballs:
+  23. Note - check to see if any new files have been added to the top
+      level of the source directory, but which are not in the
+      DEVO_SUPPORT variable in the src-release.sh script.  If they are
+      needed then add them.
+
+       Create the release tarballs:
   
             ./src-release.sh -b -g -l -x binutils
 
@@ -226,7 +231,9 @@ When the time comes to actually make the release....
       Create a new documentation folder on the sourceware.org web
       pages as /sourceware/www/sourceware/htdocs/binutils/docs-X.XX.
       Make the html documentation locally with the "make html" command
-      and then upload and rename the directories as needed.  Create an
+      and then upload and rename the directories as needed.  (sftp
+      does not appear to support recursive uploads however, so the
+      directories will have to be made by hand).  Create an
       index.html file and then edit the docs link to point to the new
       docs-X.XX directory.
       
@@ -245,7 +252,7 @@ When the time comes to actually make the release....
       ------------------------------------------------------------------------
         Hi Everyone,
 
-        We are pleased to announce that version 2.XX of the Binutils project
+        We are pleased to announce that version 2.XX of the GNU Binutils project
         sources have been released and are now available for download at:
 
           https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/binutils