[RELEASING] Document how to release with failing tests

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Behdad Esfahbod 2008-08-11 15:28:04 -04:00
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@ -25,6 +25,16 @@ Here are the steps to follow to create a new cairo release:
slim_hidden_def and slim_hidden_proto is needed in the cairo
implementation in the style of other similar calls.
In the unfortunate case that you have to push a snapshot out
(note, I said snapshot, not release) without the entire test
suite passing, here's the magic env vars to set when doing
'make distcheck' and 'make release-publish' that will let you
get away with it. At any cost, never ever release without
(implied) distchecking. Every time we got around it, it turned
out to be a disaster. Anyway, here's the pass code:
DISPLAY= CAIRO_TEST_TARGET=" "
3) Fill out an entry in the NEWS file
Sift through the logs since the last release. This is most