commit 2c001b483b62e0200730dca14f872d9b09095b39 Author: Sebastian Hahn <sebastian@torproject.org> Date: Sun Mar 26 01:09:37 2017 +0100 Add a release checklist step to highlight changes In an effort to better communicate with our users that they might need to take certain actions when upgrading, we should extract from the changelog the items that require some action (example: the new version automatically generates keys, if you want them to be offline - make sure to create them before upgrading). --- doc/HACKING/ReleasingTor.md | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/HACKING/ReleasingTor.md b/doc/HACKING/ReleasingTor.md index 4761ca9..809cd03 100644 --- a/doc/HACKING/ReleasingTor.md +++ b/doc/HACKING/ReleasingTor.md @@ -98,7 +98,12 @@ new Tor release: to a release-0.2.x branch, manually commit the changelogs to the later git branches too. -3. If you're doing the first stable release in a series, you need to +3. If there are changes that require or suggest operator intervention + before or during the update, mail operators (either dirauth or relays + list) with a headline that indicates that an action is required or + appreciated. + +4. If you're doing the first stable release in a series, you need to create a ReleaseNotes for the series as a whole. To get started there, copy all of the Changelog entries from the series into a new file, and run `./scripts/maint/sortChanges.py` on it. That will