[Mesa-dev] [RFC] Mesa 9.2 and release process changes

[Brian Paul]

On 07/12/2013 06:19 PM, Carl Worth wrote:
> Brian Paul <brianp at vmware.com> writes:
>> Carl, it would be good if you could put all the above info in Mesa
>> docs/.  The devinfo.html page mentions the "This is a candidate for the
>> stable branches" convention, etc.  The docs/lists.html file describes
>> all the mailing lists.  And so on.
>
> Great idea. Thanks for pointing me to where this documentation should
> live. I'll have a patch soon which incorporates all the feedback from
> this thread, (along with some ideas culled from the kernel guidelines as
> recommended).

Thanks, Carl.


> Meanwhile, what's the correct process for updating the website itself?

I upload the files to the mesa directory via my SF account.


> I notice that www.mesa3d.org/devinfo.html page on the web currently talks
> about pushing tar files out to sourceforge.net and copying files to
> /home/users/b/br/brianp/mesa-www/htdocs/ . Are those instructions still
> current?

Yes.


> Do I have permission to do those steps? (I'm quite certain I don't'
> even have a sourceforge account.)

You'd need a SF account at least.


> I also notice that mesa3d.org/index.html hasn't been updated for new
> releases since 9.1.2 on April 30.

Thanks for the reminder.  I've uploaded the new pages.

-Brian