-Publishing the release
-----------------------
-
-Now you have the beta or releasable product. The next step is making it
-available to the world.
-
-go to the release
+Publishing the source tarball
+-----------------------------
+
+#. Go to the relevant milestone page in Launchpad.
#. Within that release, upload the source tarball and zipfile and the GPG
signature. Or, if you prefer, use the
``tools/packaging/lp-upload-release`` script to do this.
+
+Announcing the source freeze
+----------------------------
+
+#. Post to the ``bazaar`` list, saying that the source has been frozen.
+ This is the cue for platform maintainers and plugin authors to update
+ their code. This is done before the general public announcement of the
+ release.
+
+
+Publishing the release
+----------------------
+
+There is normally a delay of a few days after the source freeze to allow
+for binaries to be built on various platforms. Once they have been built,
+we have a releasable product. The next step is to make it generally
+available to the world.
+
#. Link from http://bazaar-vcs.org/Download to the tarball and signature.
-Bazaar comes with a built-in on-line help system. To see the list of topics,
-the command is::
+Bazaar comes with a built-in on-line help system, accessed through::
bzr help
-To see the list of commands, the command is::
+You can ask for help on a command, or on non-command topics. To see a
+list of available help of each kind, use either::
bzr help commands
-
-To get help on topic xxx or command xxx, the command is::
-
- bzr help xxx
+ bzr help topics
+
+For help on a particular command, use either of these forms::
+
+ bzr help status
+ bzr status --help
If you wish to search the help or read it as a larger document, the
information is also available in the Bazaar User Reference.
Here's the diff
=== modified file 'doc/developers /releasing. txt' releasing. txt 2009-08-30 21:34:42 +0000 releasing. txt 2009-09-14 06:39:21 +0000
--- doc/developers/
+++ doc/developers/
@@ -188,18 +188,33 @@
failures.
-Publishing the release ------- ------- -- ------- ------- ------- --
-------
-
-Now you have the beta or releasable product. The next step is making it
-available to the world.
-
-go to the release
+Publishing the source tarball
+------
+
+#. Go to the relevant milestone page in Launchpad.
#. Within that release, upload the source tarball and zipfile and the GPG packaging/ lp-upload- release` ` script to do this.
signature. Or, if you prefer, use the
``tools/
+ ------- ------- ------- - ------- ------- -- bazaar- vcs.org/ Download to the tarball and signature.
+Announcing the source freeze
+------
+
+#. Post to the ``bazaar`` list, saying that the source has been frozen.
+ This is the cue for platform maintainers and plugin authors to update
+ their code. This is done before the general public announcement of the
+ release.
+
+
+Publishing the release
+------
+
+There is normally a delay of a few days after the source freeze to allow
+for binaries to be built on various platforms. Once they have been built,
+we have a releasable product. The next step is to make it generally
+available to the world.
+
#. Link from http://
#. Announce on the `Bazaar home page <http:// bazaar- vcs.org/>`_.
=== modified file 'doc/en/ user-guide/ getting_ help.txt' user-guide/ getting_ help.txt 2007-11-28 00:07:56 +0000 user-guide/ getting_ help.txt 2009-09-14 06:39:21 +0000
--- doc/en/
+++ doc/en/
@@ -1,18 +1,20 @@
Getting help
============
-Bazaar comes with a built-in on-line help system. To see the list of topics,
-the command is::
+Bazaar comes with a built-in on-line help system, accessed through::
bzr help
-To see the list of commands, the command is::
+You can ask for help on a command, or on non-command topics. To see a
+list of available help of each kind, use either::
bzr help commands
-
-To get help on topic xxx or command xxx, the command is::
-
- bzr help xxx
+ bzr help topics
+
+For help on a particular command, use either of these forms::
+
+ bzr help status
+ bzr status --help
If you wish to search the help or read it as a larger document, the
information is also available in the Bazaar User Reference.