automatically generate template for test release announcement

diff --git a/Makefile.maint b/Makefile.maint
index 134e8e3..10101ea 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile.maint
+++ b/Makefile.maint
@@ -42,3 +42,27 @@ my-distcheck: dist
        @echo "========================"; \
        echo "$(distdir).tar.gz is ready for distribution"; \
        echo "========================"
+
+THIS_VERSION_REGEXP := $(shell echo $(VERSION)|sed 's/\./\\./g')
+# FIXME: this works only for test releases.
+PREV_VERSION := $(shell echo $(VERSION)|tr a-z Xa-y)
+PREV_VERSION_REGEXP := $(shell echo $(PREV_VERSION)|sed 's/\./\\./g')
+v = Version
+announcement: NEWS ChangeLog $(distdir).tar.gz
+       @( \
+         echo Subject: $(distdir) released; \
+         echo; \
+         echo FIXME: put comments here; \
+         echo; \
+         echo "  ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/$(distdir).tar.gz"; \
+         echo; \
+         md5sum $(distdir).tar.gz; \
+         echo; \
+         echo NEWS:; \
+         sed -n "/$(THIS_VERSION_REGEXP)/,/$(PREV_VERSION_REGEXP)/p" NEWS \
+           | grep -v '^\['; \
+         echo; \
+         echo ChangeLog entries:; \
+         sed -n "/$v $(THIS_VERSION_REGEXP)/,/$v $(PREV_VERSION_REGEXP)/p" \
+           ChangeLog | grep -v '\* $v'; \
+       )