[AUCTeX-devel] Re: Upcoming 11.83 release

[Ralf Angeli]

* Reiner Steib (2006-06-04) writes:

> On Fri, Jun 02 2006, Ralf Angeli wrote:
>
>> If somebody is interested, here is the Makefile I am using for
>> preparing a release and uploading distribution files:
> [ release sign www-doc ]
>
> These are only wrappers around the existing targets or am I missing
> something?

Yes, they are.  But with them I don't have to remember which variables
to set for my setup.  So I just have to call the four targets in order
and the release will mostly be done.  At least for me this speeds up
the process significantly.

>> upload:
>>      ncftpput ftp-upload.gnu.org /incoming/ftp auctex-ftp/*
                                                  ^^^^^^^^^^
That should be ${DIST_PREFIX}ftp.

> Maybe we should add this to the Makefile?

Perhaps with a confirmation request or warning before the upload is
actually carried out.  That would reduce the risk of somebody
accidently uploading stuff.

>> The directories ${DIST_PREFIX}www and ${DIST_PREFIX}ftp must exist for
>> this to work.
>
> Hm, there are mkdir calls in the Makefile.  Do they fail for you?

Ahem.  I just forgot that they are there.

What I think is a bit dangerous are the rm -rf calls for deleting
these directories.  A better alternative would be to abort if the
directories exist and are not empty.

-- 
Ralf