X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/fad5a51ff8f391c2d1c0bdc9f2281bcb44d46372..24c4d27f2ada30f5f75e4b0d67ba18d4387e2008:/docs/tech/tn0013.txt

diff --git a/docs/tech/tn0013.txt b/docs/tech/tn0013.txt
index 88b46cd3a0..4e4dc23290 100644
--- a/docs/tech/tn0013.txt
+++ b/docs/tech/tn0013.txt
@@ -8,26 +8,21 @@ This note explains what should be done, step by step, to prepare the packages
 for a wxGTK distribution. Note that the same instructions should be used for
 the other Unix-based ports including wxMotif, wxX11 and wxBase.
 
+See distrib/msw/makerpm for a script that embodies some of the steps
+below.
+
 1. Preparing the sources
 ------------------------
 
 a) Do a fresh checkout using the command
 
-        cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@cvs.wxwindows.org:/packs/cvsroots/wxwindows co wxGTK
-
-   NB: if you realize later that some needed files were not checked out
-       by this command, please modify CVSROOT/modules to include the missing
-       files so that it works for the next release!
+   svn checkout http://svn.wxwidgets.org/svn/wx/wxWidgets/trunk wxWidgets
 
-   You also need the samples, demos and contrib directories, so change to
-   wxWindows directory created by the first cvs command and do "cvs up -d"
-   for each of them.
-
-b) Create a build directory under wxWindows, e.g. I use "gtk-release",
+b) Create a build directory under wxWidgets, e.g. I use "gtk-release",
    "cd" to it and run configure: the options don't really matter, you can use
    something like
 
-       ../configure --no-recursion
+       ../configure -C --without-subdirs
 
    to make it run a bit faster.
 
@@ -88,16 +83,12 @@ b) Start RPM build by going to RPM_ROOT directory and typing "rpm -ba
    you'll have to restart from the very beginning because rpm doesn't allow
    to short circuit the package generation).
 
-   If everything goes well, the following files are produced:
-
-   SRPMS/wxGTK-${version}-1.src.rpm
-   RPMS/i386/wxGTK-${version}-1.i386.rpm
-   RPMS/i386/wxGTK-devel-${version}-1.i386.rpm
-   RPMS/i386/wxGTK-gl-${version}-1.i386.rpm
-   RPMS/i386/wxGTK-static-${version}-1.i386.rpm
+   If everything goes well, this should produce many files in SRPMS and
+   RPMS/i386 subdirectories.
 
    Use "rpm -ba --with gtk2" to build GTK+2 version of wxGTK and use
-   "rpm -ba --with gtk2 --with unicode" to build GTK+2 Unicode build.
+   "rpm -ba --with gtk2 --with unicode" to build GTK+2 Unicode build
+   (these are defaults, you can use --without option to change this).
 
    Note: you may want to set the environment variable SMP to 3 or 4 on an
          SMP machine to speed up the build (it uses "make -j$SMP" if the
@@ -110,12 +101,13 @@ c) Test the resulting RPMs: install them using "rpm -i" (or "rpm -U) as usual
 3. Building the DEBs
 --------------------
 
-[Ron is doing this]
+This is explained in more details in debian/README.HowToBuild.txt.
+
 
 4. Uploading the files
 ----------------------
 
-All 11 files should be uploaded (via FTP) to several locations.
+All files should be uploaded (via FTP) to several locations.
 
 a) incoming.sourceforge.net, go to project admin page on sf.net and choose
    add/edit releases for more details
@@ -125,37 +117,34 @@ b) ftp://biolpc22.york.ac.uk/pub (Julian has the password)
 5. Announcing the release
 -------------------------
 
-a) FreshMeat:
-   - http://freshmeat.net/projects/wxwindowsgtk/
-   - username and password are "wxgtk" for logging in
++ update www.wxwidgets.org
+
++ FreshMeat:
+   - http://freshmeat.net/projects/wxwidgets/
    - hit "new release" at the top
    - follow the step by step
 
-b) wx-announce mailing list: mailto:wx-announce@lists.wxwindows.org
-
-   [where is the announcement text? TODO]
++ wx-announce mailing list: mailto:wx-announce@lists.wxwidgets.org
 
-c) update www.wxwindows.org
+   The standard announcement text is in docs/publicity/announce.txt
 
-d) GNOME (very effective, stays on front page for days):
-    - http://www.gnome.org/applist
-    - Search for wxWindows
-    - Update the version number
-    - Ignore the error message
++ GnomeFiles:
+   - http://www.gnomefiles.org/app.php/wxWidgets
+     (only for stable releases, probably need Robert's account)
 
-e) MacNN:
++ MacNN:
    - http://www.macnn.com
    - Contact or Contribute or something
 
-f) MacRumors:
++ MacRumors:
    - http://www.macrumors.com
    - Contact or Contribute or something
 
-g) Apple Developers Connection:
++ Apple Developers Connection:
     mailto: adcnews@apple.com
 
-h) LinuxDevices.com:
++ LinuxDevices.com:
     Interesting for wxUniversal.
 
-i) The Python mailing list:
++ The Python mailing list: