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authorBrian Paul <brian.paul@tungstengraphics.com>2004-11-22 17:49:15 +0000
committerBrian Paul <brian.paul@tungstengraphics.com>2004-11-22 17:49:15 +0000
commit65b79057b96e621de1bbd7b9c81cdbcee6bfa5b1 (patch)
treea3dd3f6fe4142563e48583643392d8986061b5bd /docs/devinfo.html
parentf76be3d6f2b054e5316aeb7b265ed28bda28c8ae (diff)
misc updates
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@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ To add a new GL extension to Mesa you have to do at least the following.
extension is rather large, try to implement it in a new source file.
</li>
<li>
- If hew extension adds new GL state, the functions in get.c, enable.c
+ If the new extension adds new GL state, the functions in get.c, enable.c
and attrib.c will most likely require new code.
</li>
</ul>
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ Constants and macros are ALL_UPPERCASE, with _ between words
</p>
<p>
-Global vars not allowed.
+Global variables are not allowed.
</p>
<p>
@@ -109,31 +109,22 @@ Function name examples:
</pre>
-<H2>Writing a Device Driver</H2>
-
-<p>
-XXX to do
-</p>
-
-
-
<H2>Making a New Mesa Release</H2>
<p>
These are the instructions for making a new Mesa release.
</p>
+<H3>Get latest source files</H3>
<p>
-Be sure to do a "cvs update -d ." in the Mesa directory to
-get all the latest files.
+Use "cvs update -dAP " to get the latest Mesa files from CVS.
</p>
-<p>
-Update the version definitions in src/mesa/main/version.h
-</p>
+<H3>Verify and update version info</H3>
<p>
Create/edit the docs/RELNOTES-X.Y file to document what's new in the release.
+Add the new RELNOTES-X.Y file to <a href="relnotes.html">relnotes.html</a>.
Update the docs/VERSIONS file too.
</p>
@@ -143,14 +134,32 @@ version numbers.
</p>
<p>
+Make sure the values in src/mesa/main/version.h is correct.
+</p>
+
+<p>
Edit the top-level Makefile and verify that DIRECTORY, LIB_NAME and
DEMO_NAME are correct.
</p>
<p>
+Update the docs/news.html file and docs/contents.html files.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Check in all updates to CVS.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Tag the CVS files with the release name (in the form <b>mesa_X_Y</b>).
+</p>
+
+
+<H3>Make the tarballs</H3>
+<p>
Make a symbolic link from $(DIRECTORY) to 'Mesa'. For example,
-ln -s Mesa Mesa-6.3 This is needed in order to make a correct
-tar file in the next step.
+ln -s Mesa Mesa-6.3
+This is needed in order to make a correct tar file in the next step.
</p>
<p>
@@ -160,16 +169,25 @@ Make the distribution files. From inside the Mesa directory:
</pre>
<p>
+After the tarballs are created, the md5 checksums for the files will
+be computed.
+Add them to the docs/news.html file.
+</p>
+
+<p>
Copy the distribution files to a temporary directory, unpack them,
compile everything, and run some demos to be sure everything works.
</p>
+<H3>Update the website and announce the release</H3>
<p>
-Upload the *.tar.gz and *.zip files to ftp.mesa3d.org
+Follow the directions on SourceForge for creating a new "release" and
+uploading the tarballs.
</p>
<p>
-Update the web site.
+Update the web site by copying the docs/ directory's files to
+/home/users/b/br/brianp/mesa-www/htdocs/
</p>
<p>