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3This is a list of random notes for GRUB maintainers. If you are not a
4maintainer, you need to ask maintainers to do these instead of doing
5these yourself.
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7How to update the online manual: (FIXME: this is obsoelete)
81. Copy docs/*.texi (excluding "multiboot.texi") to fencepost.gnu.org.
92. Make a symbolic link from ~mohit/gnudoc/gnudoc_template to the
10   directory under which *.texi were copied, if the link isn't present.
113. Run ``~mohit/gnudoc/gendocs.sh grub "GNU GRUB Manual"''.
124. Copy the contents of the directory ``manual'' to
13   gnudist.gnu.org:~ftp/gnu/Manuals/grub-VERSION (VERSION is, for
14   example, 1.0).
155. Run ``ln -sf grub-VERSION grub'' in gnudist.gnu.org:~ftp/gnu/Manuals.
166. Run ``cd grub; ln -s grub.html index.html''.
177. Verify the new online manual with a WWW browser.
188. Update manual.html by hand.
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20How to release a version:
211. Check out the source tree from the CVS from scratch.
222. Check if ``make distcheck'' succeeds.
233. Run ``util/grub-image''.
244. Check the resulted images, for example, using bochs.
255. Copy grub-VERSION.tar.gz, grub-VERSION-i386-pc.tar.gz and
26   grub-VERSION-i386-pc.ext2fs to fencepost.gnu.org:~ftp/gnu/grub.
276. Move older files in that directory above to the directory ``old'',
28   if you think they are eyesores.
297. Post an announcement to bug-grub@gnu.org. It would be a good idea to
30   send a carbon copy to bug-hurd@gnu.org and
31   debian-hurd@lists.debian.org. If the announcement is for a stable
32   version, you can inform info-gnu@gnu.org as well.
338. Optionally, post an announcement to Freshmeat.net.
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35Legal issues:
361. If a patch is not significant (in size), you don't have to care about
37   the copyright.
382. If a patch is significant, you shouldn't apply the patch to the CVS.
39   Before doing that, you must ask the contributor to assign or disclaim
40   the copyright. Send ``/gd/gnuorg/request-assign.changes'' or
41   ``/gd/gnuorg/request-assign.future'' to the contributor, and wait
42   until the FSF finishes the legal work.
433. You can check if a contributor has already assigned his/her copyright
44   to the FSF by looking at ``/gd/gnuorg/copyright.list''.
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46What you should have in your mind:
471. Don't add features unnecessarily! You may think it is a Good Thing to
48   have more features, but you must be prepared for more burdens.
49   DO THAT ONLY IF YOU BELIEVE THAT THE FEATURE IS ESSENTIAL.
502. Don't break backward-compatibility! Don't apply any patch which could
51   break existing features. Otherwise you would receive a lot of
52   complaints. DO THAT ONLY IF YOU BELIEVE THAT THE INCOMPATIBILITY IS
53   INEVITABLE.
543. Write good code. Be not satisfied with ad hoc workarounds or quick
55   hacks. NEVER WRITE BAD CODE.
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57Resources:
58* http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain_toc.html
59* http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards_toc.html
60* http://www.gnu.org/server/fsf-html-style-sheet.html
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