[tei-council] New document describing release steps

[Gabriel Bodard]

Thanks and congratulations to Martin for carrying out this release and 
for taking pains to improve the documentation thereof.

I wouldn't mind trying to out myself at some future occasion (I presume 
we're not planning to release every couple weeks from now on!). The 
rationale for this (beyond my desire for self-improvement) would be that 
I am a lot stupider and a *lot* less technically adept than Martin, so 
this would be a sterner test of the foolproofness of the documentation 
and process.

G

On 2012-02-03 04:42, Martin Holmes wrote:
> Following my thrilling day of first-times (first time releasing TEI,
> first time retweeting someone else's tweet, first time using IRC), I've
> put together a more detailed set of instructions for future release
> technicians:
>
> <http://www.tei-c.org/Activities/Council/Working/tcw22.xml>
>
> I've taken the core information in TCW20 relating to building a release,
> and elaborated and extended it to include things we didn't know we
> didn't know until today. I've also tried to explain why you take each
> step and how it works, so you don't find yourself blindly following
> mysterious instructions.
>
> Please take a look through the document. If you've done a release
> before, check to make sure I haven't left anything out or got anything
> wrong. If you haven't done one, read it and see if you think it would be
> clear and detailed enough to help you through the process.
>
> I haven't made any changes to TWC20, but if the new document is
> acceptable, I propose removing all those bits from TCW20 and replacing
> them with a reference to the new doc. I haven't published the new doc
> yet, so it doesn't appear on the TEI site menu.
>
> I shall close with the now-traditional expression of hatred for the CMS
> system, which I must utter every time I have to interact with it. GRRR. ;-)
>
> Cheers,
> Martin

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