From 98df743aa286b8ac6160b72feb1c2fadf7320d98 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zefram <zefram@fysh.org>
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 20:39:54 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] update RMG discussion of post-release actions

use.perl.org is dead.  www.cpan.org is maintained by Ask, not Jarkko
any more.  Separate CPAN/src and www.cpan.org issues into distinct steps.
---
 Porting/release_managers_guide.pod | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod b/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod
index 4eefa63..f66d4b1 100644
--- a/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod
+++ b/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod
@@ -1033,29 +1033,37 @@ Thanks for releasing perl!
 
 =item *
 
-Check L<http://www.cpan.org/src/> to see if the new tarballs have appeared.
-They should appear automatically, some hours after upload,
-but if they don't then ask Jarkko to look
-into it, since his scripts must have broken.
+Check your author directory under L<http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/>
+to ensure that the tarballs are available on the website.
 
 =item *
 
-Check L<http://search.cpan.org> to see if it has indexed the distribution.
-It should be visible at a URL like C<http://search.cpan.org/dist/perl-5.10.1/>.
+Check C</src> on CPAN (on a fast mirror) to ensure that links to
+the new tarballs have appeared.  There should be links in C</src/5.0>
+(which is accumulating all new versions), links in C</src> (which shows
+only the latest version on each branch), and an appropriate mention in
+C</src/README.html> (which describes the latest versions).
+
+These links should appear automatically, some hours after upload.
+If they don't, or the C<README.html> description is inadequate,
+ask Ask <ask@perl.org>.
 
 =item *
 
-I<This step ONLY for STABLE>
+Check L<http://www.cpan.org/src/> to ensure that the C</src> updates
+have been correctly mirrored to the website.
+If they haven't, ask Ask <ask@perl.org>.
+
+=item *
 
-Ask Jarkko to update the descriptions of which tarballs are current in
-L<http://www.cpan.org/src/README.html>, and Rafael to update
-L<http://dev.perl.org/perl5/>
+Check L<http://search.cpan.org> to see if it has indexed the distribution.
+It should be visible at a URL like C<http://search.cpan.org/dist/perl-5.10.1/>.
 
 =item *
 
-Post the release announcement to use.perl.org.
-(if you don't have access rights to post news, ask someone like Rafael to
-do it for you.)
+I<This step ONLY for STABLE>
+
+Ask Rafael to update L<http://dev.perl.org/perl5/>.
 
 =back
 
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