Updated readme and changelog for 2.9.4 release.

Also add more things to do before the release to the tech note.

git-svn-id: https://svn.wxwidgets.org/svn/wx/wxWidgets/trunk@71951 c3d73ce0-8a6f-49c7-b76d-6d57e0e08775

diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index b9ddbc9b5b1a6606a6633cd044d168c32225ef44..6b48cb59e63c48e0f66d8a00342bffa099444a6f 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ Major new features in this release
   was added.
 
 
-2.9.4:
+2.9.4: (release 2012-07-03)
 ------
 
 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.9.3

diff --git a/docs/readme.txt b/docs/readme.txt
index 3b3dd3e94cbc560e90f54f7e1dfddb370646fcb8..ac6edf84f6c9eb2d947fc00269d71e02b95152e0 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/readme.txt
+++ b/docs/readme.txt
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ when using a release build of the library, was much improved making
 it less likely that you use the library incorrectly. Many new GUI
 and base classes have been added or improved.
 
+Compared to the previous 2.9.3 release the most important change is
+the addition of new, still experimental, GTK+ 3 support in wxGTK.
+But the main focus of this release is on incremental improvements
+and fixing defects in preparation for 3.0 release. In particular,
+wxOSX/Cocoa port has been significantly improved.
+
 Please see the file docs/changes.txt for more details and make sure
 to read the section "Incompatible changes since 2.8" if you upgrade
 from a previous wxWidgets release.

diff --git a/docs/tech/tn0022.txt b/docs/tech/tn0022.txt
index 9f1c3285ef38af371a84c2e0fa556a5ebe04d9b6..3cf6bda9db85e21ecca3f49131dc64699e78e1ba 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/tech/tn0022.txt
+++ b/docs/tech/tn0022.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ Before making the release
 Update docs/readme.txt. Please review its contents in addition to just
 changing the version number.
 
+Put a date on the release line in docs/changes.txt.
+
+Mark the milestone corresponding to the previous release as being completed and
+create a new version and a new milestone for it in Trac admin web interface
+(ask Robin Dunn for password to access it).
+
 
 Creating release files
 ----------------------