[gimp/gimp-2-8] Make required post-relase version bump more obvious



commit 6cd4e0f687b5db7dc91b0338f13fedc80b74fde6
Author: Michael Schumacher <schumaml gmx de>
Date:   Thu Oct 27 00:53:17 2016 +0200

    Make required post-relase version bump more obvious
    
    ... plus small styling fixes.

 devel-docs/release-howto.txt |   20 ++++++++++++--------
 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/devel-docs/release-howto.txt b/devel-docs/release-howto.txt
index 663113c..22b2e9e 100644
--- a/devel-docs/release-howto.txt
+++ b/devel-docs/release-howto.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
                   a check-list for doing a GIMP release
 
  ( ) Announce a string freeze on the GIMP Developer mailing list.
- 
+
      Mention that a release is planned, what brach will be frozen, and
      how long the string freeze is going to last. Plan for a couple of
      weeks at least. No translatable strings must be touched during
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@
      to the next odd micro and commit this change. GIT versions always
      have odd micro numbers.
 
+     [ ] In configure.ac, modify gimp_micro_version accordingly.
+
+     [ ] In configure.ac, modify gimp_interface_age accordingly.
+
  ( ) Publish dist tarballs:
 
      [ ] Use md5sum to create a checksum of the tarball (tar.bz2).
@@ -106,9 +110,9 @@
          on the download server.
 
      [ ] Change permissions of the new files to make them writable by
-                the 'gimpadmins' group. This will allow other members of this
-                group to correct mistakes and to update the 0.0_LATEST-IS-
-                file next time.
+         the 'gimpadmins' group. This will allow other members of this
+         group to correct mistakes and to update the 0.0_LATEST-IS-
+         file next time.
 
  ( ) Add the new version to the GIMP product on bugzilla.gimp.org.
 
@@ -121,8 +125,8 @@
      [ ] Create a news items for the release in content/news/
 
      [ ] Commit and push the changes, the web server should then
-         update itself soon (every 5 minutes). Go to
-         https://testing.gimp.org to verify the changes.
+         update itself soon (it checks for updates every 5 minutes).
+         Go to https://testing.gimp.org to verify the changes.
 
  ( ) Grab a properly chilled beverage and enjoy yourself.
 
@@ -134,8 +138,8 @@
          the changes you did in the testing branch.
 
      [ ] Push the changes, the web server should then update itself
-         soon (every 15 minutes). Got to https://www.gimp.org to
-         verify the changes.
+         soon (it checks for updates every 15 minutes).
+         Go to https://www.gimp.org to verify the changes.
 
      [ ] Due to the tendency of news sites to front-run release
          articles even before actual announcements appear, publish


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