[tor-commits] [tor/master] Add a release checklist step to highlight changes

[nickm at torproject.org]

commit 2c001b483b62e0200730dca14f872d9b09095b39
Author: Sebastian Hahn <sebastian at 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