diff: update release checklist for package building

[Tyson Dowd]

Hi,

Here's a quick addition to the release checklist.

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release_checklist.html:
	Update the release checklist to document that binary packages
	have to be built, and document how to build the .deb file.


Index: release_checklist.html
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RCS file: /home/mercury1/repository/mercury/compiler/notes/release_checklist.html,v
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diff -u -r1.9 release_checklist.html
--- release_checklist.html	1999/02/28 17:51:03	1.9
+++ release_checklist.html	1999/03/22 06:49:26
@@ -138,6 +138,13 @@
      version number, date, file sizes, and file names need to be updated
      for a new release.
 
+<li> Create new binary packages for Linux packaging systems.
+     The .spec file can be used to create .rpm packages.
+     The command <i>dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot</i> on hydra can be
+     used to create .deb packages, although you should probably
+     let (or make) the official maintainer do this so it can be
+     PGP signed and uploaded.
+
 <li> Upload "mercury-VERSION-compiler.tar.gz" and "mercury-VERSION.lsm" to
      ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/incoming/Linux. They will be moved to
      /pub/Linux/Incoming fairly quickly, and eventually should be moved


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