From 43efe88520411fbfd2838062b1327b5957b5a3d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Glen Barber Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2017 17:15:53 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] - Add notes about snapshot announcement emails and their helper scripts. - Reference the template used for ALPHA, BETA, and RC emails. Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation --- .../freebsd-releng/releng-building.xml | 23 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+) diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-releng/releng-building.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-releng/releng-building.xml index 239ac2c109..c250184849 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-releng/releng-building.xml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-releng/releng-building.xml @@ -197,6 +197,29 @@ KERNEL="GENERIC64" &prompt.root; ./setrev.sh -b &branch.stablex; &prompt.root; ./zfs-setup.sh -c ./builds-11.conf &prompt.root; ./thermite.sh -c ./builds-11.conf + + Once the builds have completed, additional helper scripts + are available to generate development snapshot emails which are + sent to the freebsd-snapshots@freebsd.org + mailing list: + + &prompt.root; cd /releng/scripts-snapshot/scripts +&prompt.root; ./get-checksums.sh -c ./builds-11.conf | ./generate-email.pl > snapshot-11-mail + + + The generated output should be double-checked for + correctness, and the email itself should be PGP signed, + in-line. + + + + These helper scripts only apply to development snapshot + builds. Announcements during the release cycle (excluding the + final release announcement) are created from an email + template. A sample of the email template currently used can + be found here. +