From 26b06b3638ec768da01839cfa3c75e9807b14ee8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Behdad Esfahbod Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:17:26 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify that git tag -s does GPG signing. (cherry picked from e94251861565ed154e15ca3a7198ffe3828536fe commit) --- RELEASING | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/RELEASING b/RELEASING index 802040452..49dd82ce9 100644 --- a/RELEASING +++ b/RELEASING @@ -68,8 +68,13 @@ Here are the steps to follow to create a new cairo release: * scp the three files to appear on http://cairographics.org/releases * Place local copies of the three files in the releases directory * Create a LATEST-package-version file (after deleting any old one) - * Tag the entire source tree with a tag of the form X.Y.Z + * Tag the entire source tree with a tag of the form X.Y.Z, and sign + the tag with your GPG key (asks for your GPG password, and you + may need to set GIT_COMMITTER_NAME and GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL to match + your public-key's setting or this fails.) * Provide some text for the release announcement (see below). + If for some reason you lost this message, "make release-publish-message" + prints it for you. 7) Increment cairo_version_micro to the next larger (odd) number in configure, and commit.