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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2009-02-28 00:53:45 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2009-02-28 00:53:45 +0000
commit12578d1a52ce03405f82bdd9bfdb86df9ea8c041 (patch)
treed541f984be0d8c3cd0b17d0f1334107f229386c8 /Master/tlpkg/doc
parent9c834471489aa271e30e0d0af2ac8ae81fd7753b (diff)
doc fixes
git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@12261 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751
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-rw-r--r--Master/tlpkg/doc/packages.txt10
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diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/doc/packages.txt b/Master/tlpkg/doc/packages.txt
index 22987b31878..3288b07383e 100644
--- a/Master/tlpkg/doc/packages.txt
+++ b/Master/tlpkg/doc/packages.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ consider mv-ing the old directory so as not to actually make new
containers. Coordinate with CTAN.
-To make the tag + branch of (or to prepare for) a new release:
+To make the tag + branch of a release after it is complete:
svn copy -r 10402 -m'texlive-2008.0 tag based on r10402' svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk svn://tug.org/texlive/tags/texlive-2008.0
svn copy -r 10402 -m'branch2008 branch based on r10402' svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk svn://tug.org/texlive/branches/branch2008
@@ -30,3 +30,11 @@ http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.5/svn-book.html#svn.branchmerge
Do both a branch and a tag so that it's possible to easily compare the
current state of the branch with its starting point (the tag).
+
+Different naming convention to branch before a release, for development
+work before we want to switch trunk over:
+svn copy -r 12205 -m'texlive-2009-dev tag based on r12205' svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk svn://tug.org/texlive/tags/texlive-2009-dev
+svn copy -r 12205 -m'branch2009-dev branch based on r12205' svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk svn://tug.org/texlive/branches/branch2009-dev
+
+Use -dev instead of .something because - will sort first, keeping the
+listings in a nice chronological order.