RFC: release script and ftp.gnu.org

[Gerald Pfeifer]

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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