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authorBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2007-09-12 03:21:20 +0000
committerBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2007-09-12 03:21:20 +0000
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Document an efficient way to create documentation for back branches.
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@@ -60,6 +60,21 @@ For Major Releases
* Update inet/cidr data types with newest Bind patches
+Creating Back-Branch Release Notes
+==================================
+* Do 'cvs log' on each back-branch and run pgcvslog
+
+* Edit and create SGML markup for the most recent branch
+
+* Make copies of the SGML for each branch, then remove items
+ that do not apply based on cvs logs for that branch
+
+* Copy the SGML for each branch into release.sgml in CVS HEAD
+
+* Copy CVS HEAD release.sgml to each branch and trim off the top
+ part that doesn't apply for each branch
+
+
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