FYI: release instructions

[Alexandre Duret-Lutz]

I've just uploaded 1.7b and 1.7.9 to gnu.org this way and it
appears to work almost fine (automake-1.7.9.tar.gz got lost
in space, but the other files arrived at destination.)

Index: HACKING
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/automake/automake/HACKING,v
retrieving revision 1.20
diff -u -r1.20 HACKING
--- HACKING     11 Nov 2003 22:48:53 -0000      1.20
+++ HACKING     12 Nov 2003 23:22:03 -0000
@@ -132,15 +132,27 @@
   This will run distcheck to create the tarball, commit the last
   NEWS/configure.ac/ChangeLog changes, and tag the repository.
 
-* Put new release on ftp site and send announcement to automake list.
-  If not an alpha, announcement must also go to FSF:
-  Put the files on a public ftp site and send a message to
-  address@hidden
-  Then send the announcement at least to address@hidden,
-  address@hidden, and address@hidden
-
 * Update version number in configure.ac to next alpha number.
   Re-run ./bootstrap and commit.
+
+* gpg -ba -o automake-VERSION.tar.gz.sig automake-VERSION.tar.gz
+  gpg -ba -o automake-VERSION.tar.bz2.sig automake-VERSION.tar.bz2
+  echo 'directory: automake' >automake-VERSION.tar.gz.directive
+  gpg --clearsign automake-VERSION.tar.gz.directive
+  cp automake-VERSION.tar.{gz,bz2}.directive.asc
+
+  scp automake-VERSION.tar.{gz,bz2}{,.sig} sources.redhat.com:~ftp/pub/automake
+
+  For alpha releases:
+    ncftpput ftp-upload.gnu.org /incoming/alpha \
+             automake-VERSION.tar.{gz,bz2}{,.directive.asc,.sig}
+  For "real" releases:
+    ncftpput ftp-upload.gnu.org /incoming/ftp \
+             automake-VERSION.tar.{gz,bz2}{,.directive.asc,.sig}
+
+  Send announcement at least to address@hidden, and
+  address@hidden  If not an alpha, announcement must also go to
+  address@hidden
 
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Alexandre Duret-Lutz