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| author | Moritz Lenz <moritz@faui2k3.org> | 2015-03-20 11:05:55 +0100 |
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| committer | Moritz Lenz <moritz@faui2k3.org> | 2015-03-20 11:05:55 +0100 |
| commit | 79d97523251307d60c6b88832c617dc50e7ed228 (patch) | |
| tree | 79e9bea3e850945db9fd8c5cdc99812f5e0bcce8 /tools/star/release-guide.pod | |
| parent | a08a24a0e7a23099655b570200e82a44d4f1a49d (diff) | |
| parent | 3be6a386b5745cf1aa7554b1ff550be2b1032aa6 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'birdless'
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| -rw-r--r-- | tools/star/release-guide.pod | 11 |
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diff --git a/tools/star/release-guide.pod b/tools/star/release-guide.pod index 79644a2..d462ce5 100644 --- a/tools/star/release-guide.pod +++ b/tools/star/release-guide.pod @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ varies from one release to the next. Also, while the Rakudo compiler issues monthly releases; Star releases are free to choose a longer release cycle. Star releases are also free to choose older releases of the compiler, NQP, and/or -Parrot. The goal is to balance end-user stability needs with +MoarVM. The goal is to balance end-user stability needs with progress being made on the compiler, modules, and other runtime components. Currently Star is on a monthly release cycle; we expect to slow down to quarterly releases again sometime in the @@ -57,13 +57,12 @@ reports a clean repository. Change to the star repository directory, and edit the first four lines of F<tools/star/Makefile> to indicate the desired releases of -Rakudo, NQP, MoarVM, and Parrot to use. +Rakudo, NQP and MoarVM to use. Usually that means the last Rakudo release, the NQP version that is in the released Rakudo's F<tools/build/NQP_REVISION> file, the MoarVM version that is in the F<tools/build/MOAR_REVISION> file that is included in the NQP -release, and the Parrot version in the F<tools/build/PARROT_REVISION> file -that is include in the NQP release. +release. $ cd star $ vi tools/star/Makefile @@ -154,7 +153,7 @@ Unpack the tarball somewhere else, and do a test build/install: $ cd work $ tar xvfz ../rakudo-star-2012.08.tar.gz $ cd rakudo-star-2012.08 - $ perl Configure.pl --gen-parrot + $ perl Configure.pl --gen-moar $ make install $ make rakudo-test $ make rakudo-spectest @@ -206,8 +205,6 @@ Publicize the release in the appropriate places. These include: =item * perl6-compiler@perl.org -=item * parrot-users@lists.parrot.org - =item * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakudo_Perl_6 =item * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perl_6 |