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authorBastien Guerry <bzg@altern.org>2013-03-23 17:34:19 +0100
committerBastien Guerry <bzg@altern.org>2013-03-23 17:34:19 +0100
commit869f9f2354bab39be8c7b2d461c6e6cbed1aa42d (patch)
tree80511785d65b6a7a2daf51aa408658c52056db38
parent412d980f280863e9951de1dcdbe247eed2612866 (diff)
downloadorg-mode-869f9f2354bab39be8c7b2d461c6e6cbed1aa42d.tar.gz
Update READMEs
-rw-r--r--README6
-rw-r--r--README_ELPA8
-rw-r--r--README_maintainer109
3 files changed, 25 insertions, 98 deletions
diff --git a/README b/README
index 32c7925..425701c 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
The is a distribution of Org, a plain text notes and project planning
tool for Emacs.
-The version of this release is: 7.9.1
+The homepage of Org is at:
+ http://orgmode.org
-The homepage of Org is at http://orgmode.org
+The installations instructions are at:
+ http://orgmode.org/org.html#Installation
This distribution contains:
diff --git a/README_ELPA b/README_ELPA
index 5b4c946..be89324 100644
--- a/README_ELPA
+++ b/README_ELPA
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
This is the Emacs Org project, an Emacs library for organizing your life.
-The homepage of Org is at http://orgmode.org
+The homepage of Org is at:
+ http://orgmode.org
+
+Installations instructions are at:
+ http://orgmode.org/org.html#Installation
This distribution contains an ELPA packaged version of Org.
"ELPA" stands for the "Emacs Lisp Package Archive".
-The GNU ELPA is here:
+The GNU ELPA is at:
http://elpa.gnu.org
It contains the org-*.tar package, containing only the org files
diff --git a/README_maintainer b/README_maintainer
index 04b0439..65457c1 100644
--- a/README_maintainer
+++ b/README_maintainer
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
# -*- mode:org -*-
-#+TITLE: Maintainer tasks
+#+TITLE: Org maintainer tasks
#+STARTUP: noindent
This document describes the tasks the Org-mode maintainer has to do
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ branch back into maint to synchronize the two.
** Minor release
-The release number for minor releases look like this: =7.13.01=
+The release number for minor releases look like this: =7.13.1=
Minor releases are small amends to main releases. Usually they fix
critical bugs discovered in a main release. Minor bugs are usually
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ maint then merged in master.
** Tagging the release
-When doing a major and a minor release, after all necessary merging
-is done, tag the _maint_ branch for the release with:
+When doing a major and a minor release, after all necessary merging is
+done, tag the _maint_ branch for the release with:
git tag -a "Adding release tag" release_7.9.1
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ and push tags with
git push --tags
+We also encourage you to sign release tags like this:
+
+ git tag -a "Adding release tag" -s release_7.9.1
+
** Uploading the release files from the orgmode.org server
Log on the orgmode.org server as the emacs user and cd to
@@ -72,92 +76,6 @@ From there do
to create the .tar.gz and .zip files, the documentation, and to
upload everything at the right place.
-* Working with patchwork
-
-John Wiegley is running a patchwork server that looks at the
-emacs-orgmode mailing list and extracts patches. The maintainer and
-his helpers should work through such patches, give feedback on them
-and apply the ones which are good and done. A task for the maintainer
-is to every now and then try to get old stuff out of that list, by
-asking some helpers to investigate the patch, by rejecting or
-accepting it.
-
-I have found that the best workflow for this is using the pw script by
-Nate Case, with the modifications for Org-mode made by John Wiegley
-and Carsten Dominik. The correct version of this script that should
-be used with Org mode is distributed in the =mk/= directory of the Org
-mode distribution. Here is the basic workflow for this.
-
-** Access to the patchwork server
-
-If you want to work on patchwork patches, you need write access at the
-patchwork server. You need to contact John Wiegley to get this
-access.
-
-There is a web interface to look at the patches and to change the
-status of patches. This interface is self-explanatory. There is also
-a command line script which can be very convenient to use.
-
-** Testing patches
-
-To start testing a patch, first assign it to yourself
-
-: pw update -s "Under Review" -d DELEGATE-NAME NNN
-
-where =NNN= is a patch number and =DELEGATE-NAME= is your user name on
-the patchwork server.
-
-The get the patch into a branch:
-
-: pw branch NNN
-
-This will create a local topic branch in your git repository with the
-name =t/patchNNN=. You will also be switched to the branch so that
-you can immediately start testing it. Quite often small amends need
-to be made, or documentation has to be added. Also, many contributors
-do not yet provide the proper ChangeLog-like entries in the commit
-message for the patch. As a maintainer, you have two options here.
-Either ask the contributor to make the changes and resubmit the patch,
-or fix it yourself. In principle, asking to contributor to change the
-patch until it is complete is the best route, because it will educate
-the contributor and minimize the work for the maintainer. However,
-sometimes it can be less hassle to fix things directly and commit the
-changes to the same branch =t/patchNNN=.
-
-If you ask the contributor to make the changes, the patch should be
-marked on the patchwork server as "changes requested".
-
-: pw update -s "Changes Requested" -m "What to change" NNN
-
-This will send an email to the contributor and the mailing list with a
-request for changes. The =-m= message should not be more than one
-sentence and describe the requested changes. If you need to explain
-in more detail, write a separate email to the contributor.
-
-When a new version of the patch arrives, you mark the old one as
-superseded
-
-: pw update -s "Superseded" NNN
-
-and start working at the new one.
-
-** Merging a final patch
-
-Once the patch has been iterated and is final (including the
-ChangeLog-like entries in the commit message), it should be merged.
-The assumption here is that the final version of the patch is given by
-the HEAD state in the branch =t/patchNNN=. To merge, do this:
-
-: pw merge -m "maintainer comment" NNN
-
-This will merge the patch into master, switch back to master and send
-an email to both contributor and mailing list stating that this change
-has been accepted, along with the comment given in the =-m= message.
-
-At some point you might then want to remove the topic branch
-
-: git branch -d t/patchNNN
-
* Synchonization with Emacs
This is still a significant headache. Some hand work is needed here.
@@ -253,16 +171,19 @@ So the way I have been doing things with Emacs is this:
* Copyright assignments
- The maintainer needs to keep track of copyright assignments. Even
- better, find a volunteer to do this.
+ The maintainer needs to keep track of copyright assignments.
+ Even better, find a volunteer to do this.
+
+ The assignment form is included in the repository as a file that
+ you can send to contributors: =request-assign-future.txt=
The list of all contributors from who we have the papers is kept on
- Worg at http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contribute.php, so that
+ Worg at http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contribute.html, so that
committers can check if a patch can go into the core.
The assignment process does not allways go smoothly, and it has
happened several times that it gets stuck or forgotten at the FSF.
- The contact at the FSF for this is: copyright-clerk@fsf.org
+ The contact at the FSF for this is: mailto:copyright-clerk@fsf.org
Emails from the paper submitter have been ignored in the past, but
an email from me (Carsten) as the maintainer of Org mode has usually