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Re: RFC: release script and ftp.gnu.org
- From: Gerald Pfeifer <gerald at pfeifer dot com>
- To: Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr at integrable-solutions dot net>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 22:46:42 +0100 (CET)
- Subject: Re: RFC: release script and ftp.gnu.org
- References: <m3ad3dss3b.fsf@uniton.integrable-solutions.net>
On Fri, 20 Feb 2004, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:
> With the recent redesign of the way packages are uploaded on
> ftp.gnu.org, the release process is a little bit complicated. For
> every file in the release gcc-x.y.z/ one needs to provide a triplet
> of files (the actual file, a GnuPG signed one, a directive file).
> Those are fairly mechanic but tedious (best handled by custom script).
> I was wondering whether it would not be a good idea to extend our
> release script to take account of that additional process or if there
> were conceptual/technical problems with it.
I think it makes a lot of sense to add that. Not unconditionally, but
guarded by a command-line option, for example.
Gerald
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