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RELEASE-HOWTO: Some updates

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@ -5,16 +5,6 @@ How to do a GTK release?
Make sure you have suitable versions of Meson and Ninja.
Also make sure you have the following packages installed with all their
dependencies:
* gtk-doc
* docbook-utils
Without those packages make distcheck will *not* pass.
Make sure that gtk-doc is the latest released version.
## Release check list
0. Save all your work, then move to the branch from which you want
@ -28,8 +18,8 @@ $ git clean -dfx
1. Build using the common sequence:
```sh
$ meson _build .
$ ninja -C _build
$ meson setup _build
$ meson compile -C _build
```
2. Update NEWS based on the content of git log; follow the format of prior
@ -40,11 +30,10 @@ $ ninja -C _build
writers, committers, etc. Anybody who is mentioned in the commit log
gets a credit, but only real names, not email addresses or nicknames.
3. Update the pot files and commit the changes:
3. Update the pot file and commit the changes:
```sh
$ ninja -C _build gtk40-pot
$ ninja -C _build gtk40-properties-pot
```
4. If this is a major, stable, release, verify that the release notes
@ -72,7 +61,7 @@ $ ninja -C _build gtk40-properties-pot
Make sure that all new symbols have proper Since: tags, and that there
is an index in the main `-docs.xml` for the next stable version.
8. Run `ninja dist` to generate the tarball.
8. Run `meson dist -C_build` to generate the tarball.
9. Fix broken stuff found by 8), commit changes, repeat.
@ -94,7 +83,8 @@ $ ninja -C _build gtk40-properties-pot
$ git tag -m "GTK 4.2.0" 4.2.0
```
13. Bump the version number in `meson.build` and commit the change.
13. Bump the version number in `meson.build`, and add a section for the next
release in NEWS and commit the change.
14. Push the changes upstream, and push the tag as well. The git command for
doing that is:
@ -111,7 +101,8 @@ $ git push origin 4.2.0
```sh
$ scp gtk-4.2.0.tar.xz matthiasc@master.gnome.org:
$ ssh matthiasc@master.gnome.org ftpadmin install gtk-4.2.0.tar.xz
$ ssh matthiasc@master.gnome.org
$ ftpadmin install gtk-4.2.0.tar.xz
```
16. Go to the gnome-announce list archives, find the last announce message,