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@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ This document describes the typical release process for Guile 2.0.
* Preparing & uploading the tarball
+** M-x debbugs-gnu
+
+… or http://bugs.gnu.org/guile, for an idea of things to fix.
+
** Update Gnulib
The commit log's first line should be "Update Gnulib to X", where X is
@@ -49,6 +53,12 @@ If you're still in a good mood, you may also want to check on porter
boxes for other OSes. The GNU/Hurd people have [[http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/public_hurd_boxen.html][porter boxes]], so does
the [[http://www.opencsw.org/standards/build_farm][OpenCSW Solaris Team]].
+
+*** Post a pre-release announcement to `platform-testers@gnu.org'
+
+Send a link to [[http://hydra.nixos.org/job/gnu/guile-2-0/tarball/latest/download-by-type/file/source-dist][the latest tarball]]. This will allow readers to test on
+possibly weird platforms and report any bugs.
+
** Update `GUILE-VERSION'
For stable releases, make sure to update the SONAME appropriately. To