Index: openacs-4/release-steps.txt
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+Alpha Release
+
+- branch core packages
+    cvs tag -b oacs-5-8 
+
+- bump version numbers in oacs-5-8 branch to e.g. 5.8.0a1
+
+- bump version numbers in HEAD to 5.9.0d1
+
+- update build-repository "head_channel" apm_build_repository 
+  (packages/acs-admin/tcl/apm-admin-procs/tcl/) to 5-9
+
+- tag core-packages in oacs-5-8 branch
+    cvs tag -F openacs-5-8
+    cvs -q  tag -F openacs-5-8-compat 
+
+- optionally branch and tag application packages (non-core)
+     xowiki xotcl-core xotcl-request-monitor categories acs-events 
+     acs-datetime file-storage rss-support general-comments 
+     oacs-dav acs-developer-support ajaxhelper forums attachments
+
+ - testing (automated testing, install xowiki + forums from repository, 
+   create xowiki page, forum entry)
+
+ - ask for oracle testing (UNED, quest)
+
+ - produce tar
+   * checkout cvs -d:ext:gustafn@cvs.openacs.org:/cvsroot checkout -r oacs-5-8 acs-core
+   * sudo chown -R nsadmin openacs-4; sudo chmod -R g+w openacs-4
+   * mv openacs-4 openacs-5.8.0a0
+   * tar zcvf openacs-5.8.0a0.tar.gz --exclude CVS openacs-5.8.0a0
+
+
+Beta Release
+
+ - all in oacs-5-8 branch:
+
+ - bump version numbers to e.g. 5.8.0b1
+
+ - regenerate xml documentation
+
+ - produce raw change summary of core packages
+
+     cvs -q log -d "2011/08/02<2014/01/01" > /tmp/changes-core
+     ~/scripts/log2changelog <  /tmp/changes-core > ~/changes-5.8 
+
+ - produce change summary
+   5.8.0 Brian.Fenton@quest.ie helped
+
+ - update version number in readme.txt
+
+ - retag
+   cvs -q  tag -F openacs-5-8-compat 
+
+ - produce tar
+   * checkout cvs -d:ext:gustafn@cvs.openacs.org:/cvsroot checkout -r oacs-5-8 acs-core
+   * sudo chown -R nsadmin openacs-4; sudo chmod -R g+w openacs-4
+   * mv openacs-4 openacs-5.8.0b0
+   * tar zcvf openacs-5.8.0b0.tar.gz --exclude CVS openacs-5.8.0b0
+
+
+Final Release
+   
+ - bump version numbers to e.g. 5.8.0
+
+ - testing (automated testing, install xowiki + forums from repository, 
+   create xowiki page, forum entry)
+
+ - rerun: cvs tag -F openacs-5-8-compat
+
+ - update raw ChangeLog
+
+ - update Summary
+
+ - tag with final:
+   cvs -q  tag -F openacs-5-8-0-final
+
+ - produce tar
+   * checkout cvs -d:ext:gustafn@cvs.openacs.org:/cvsroot checkout -r oacs-5-8 acs-core
+   * sudo chown -R nsadmin openacs-4; sudo chmod -R g+w openacs-4
+   * mv openacs-4 openacs-5.8.0
+   * tar zcvf openacs-5.8.0.tar.gz --exclude CVS openacs-5.8.0
+
+ - update web site (tar, announce, links on start page)
+
+ - merge changes of release branch to HEAD