Updated HACKING to include release procedure

diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
index ac37f78a78d8a050f12c3b88be8d11f5aa4aa0be..b213a49ae62db099820b4c0c269d9a8f44880e00 100644 (file)
--- a/HACKING
+++ b/HACKING
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+================================================================
 = This file
 
 * This file attempts to describe the rules to use when hacking
@@ -7,6 +8,7 @@
   ChangeLog.
 
 
+================================================================
 = Administrivia
 
 * If you incorporate a change from somebody on the net:
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@
 * Changes other than bug fixes must be mentioned in NEWS
 
 
+================================================================
 = Editing `.am' files
 
 * Always use $(...) and not ${...}
@@ -38,6 +41,7 @@
 * Use `:', not `true'.  Use `exit 1', not `false'.
 
 
+================================================================
 = Editing automake.in and aclocal.in
 
 * Follow existing indentation style.
@@ -45,8 +49,28 @@
 * Use only Perl 4 constructs
 
 
+================================================================
 = Test suite
 
 * Use "make check" and "make maintainer-check" liberally
 
 * Make sure each test file is executable
+
+
+================================================================
+= Release procedure
+
+* Fetch new versions of the files that are maintained by the FSF.
+  Commit.  Unfortunately you need an FSF account to do this.
+
+* Update NEWS.  For an alpha release, update README-alpha.
+
+* Update the version number in configure.in.
+
+* Configure, build, and install.
+
+* Run aclocal, automake, and autoconf.
+
+* Commit
+
+* Run `make cvs-dist'