From 19a081473f4f2a71c4888d27df247079ce1f5276 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Emil Velikov Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2018 16:02:57 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] docs/releasing.html: polish cherry-picking/testing text Reword slightly and highlight the important parts of the text. CC: Andres Gomez CC: Dylan Baker Signed-off-by: Emil Velikov Reviewed-by: Juan A. Suarez --- docs/releasing.html | 27 +++++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/releasing.html b/docs/releasing.html index 52e1022..87590b1 100644 --- a/docs/releasing.html +++ b/docs/releasing.html @@ -111,18 +111,21 @@ the autoconf and scons build.

Done continuously up-to the pre-release announcement.

-As an exception, patches can be applied up-to the last ~1h before the actual -release. This is made only with explicit permission/request, -and the patch must be very well contained. Thus it cannot -affect more than one driver/subsystem. +Developers can request, as an exception, patches to be applied up-to +the last one hour before the actual release. This is made only +with explicit permission/request, and the patch must be very +well contained. Thus it cannot affect more than one driver/subsystem.

-

-Currently Ilia Mirkin and AMD devs have requested "permanent" exception. -

+

Following developers have requested permanent exception

+
    +
  • Ilia Mirkin +
  • AMD team +
+

The following must pass:

    -
  • make distcheck, scons and scons check must pass +
  • make distcheck, scons and scons check
  • Testing with different version of system components - LLVM and others is also performed where possible.
  • As a general rule, testing with various combinations of configure @@ -130,9 +133,9 @@ switches, depending on the specific patchset.

-Achieved by combination of local ad-hoc scripts, mingw-w64 cross -compilation and AppVeyor plus Travis-CI, the latter as part of their -Github integration. +These are achieved by combination of local testing, +which includes mingw-w64 cross compilation and AppVeyor plus Travis-CI, the +latter two as part of their Github integration.

@@ -425,7 +428,7 @@ Ensure the latest code is available - both in your local master and the relevant branch.

-

Perform basic testing

+

Perform basic testing

Most of the testing should already be done during the -- 2.7.4