[m-dev.] for review: new release scheme.

[Peter Ross]

On 09-Sep-1998, Tyson Dowd <trd at cs.mu.OZ.AU> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Here's the new release scheme.
> 
> Could someone look at this carefully?  It's a bit difficult to test.
> 
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> Estimated hours taken: 1.5
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> Change the release tar.gz file generation scheme.
> 
> We now generate:
> 	mercury-compiler-rotd-YYYY-MM-DD-unstable.tar.gz
> 	mercury-extras-rotd-YYYY-MM-DD-unstable.tar.gz
> 	mercury-tests-rotd-YYYY-MM-DD-unstable.tar.gz
> each night if we bootstrap, even if we don't pass the tests.
> 
> If we pass the tests, we generate:
> 	mercury-compiler-rotd-YYYY-MM-DD.tar.gz
> 	mercury-extras-rotd-YYYY-MM-DD.tar.gz
> 	mercury-tests-rotd-YYYY-MM-DD.tar.gz
> 
> And for numbered releases we create:
> 	mercury-compiler-0.8.tar.gz
> 	mercury-extras-0.8.tar.gz
> 	mercury-tests-0.8.tar.gz
> 
Should update the page rotd.html in the web site so that it mentions all
of the above.

Also I think we should add some instructions on how to install the
files.

Pete.