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[perl5.git] / Porting / release_managers_guide.pod

diff --git a/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod b/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod
index a81e174..d148c21 100644 (file)
--- a/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod
+++ b/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod
@@ -597,9 +597,23 @@ C<$Module::CoreList::Utils::VERSION> should always be equal to
 C<$Module::CoreList::VERSION>. If necessary, bump those two versions to match
 before proceeding.
 
-The files to modify are: F<dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList.pm>,
-F<dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList/Utils.pm> and
-F<dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList/TieHashDelta.pm>.
+The files to modify are:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+F<dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList.pm>
+
+=item *
+
+F<dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList/Utils.pm>
+
+=item *
+
+F<dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList/TieHashDelta.pm>
+
+=back
 
 =head4 Update C<Module::CoreList> with module version data for the new release.
 
@@ -793,12 +807,14 @@ then configure and build perl so that you have a Makefile and porting tools:
 For the first RC for a MAINT release, copy in the latest
 F<pod/perlhist.pod> from blead; this will include details of newer
 releases in all branches. In theory, blead's version should be a strict
-superset of the one in this branch, but it's probably safest to diff them
-first to ensure that there's nothing in this branch that was forgotten
-from blead:
-
-    $ diff pod/perlhist.pod ..../blead/pod/perlhist.pod
-    $ cp  ..../blead/pod/perlhist.pod pod/
+superset of the one in this branch, but it's probably safest to examine the
+changes first, to ensure that there's nothing in this branch that was
+forgotten from blead. An easy way to do that is with C<< git checkout -p >>,
+to selectively apply any changes from the blead version to your current
+branch:
+
+    $ git fetch origin
+    $ git checkout -p origin/blead pod/perlhist.pod
     $ git commit -m 'sync perlhist from blead' pod/perlhist.pod
 
 =head3 update perlhist.pod
@@ -1385,18 +1401,6 @@ F<perlhist.pod> on blead.  e.g.
 
     5.8.9         2008-Dec-14
 
-=head3 bump RT version number
-
-Log into http://rt.perl.org/ and check whether the new version is in the RT
-fields C<Perl Version> and C<Fixed In>. The easiest way to determine this is to
-open up any ticket for modification and check the drop downs next to the
-C<Perl Version> and C<Fixed In> labels.
-
-Here, try this link: L<https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Modify.html?id=10000>
-
-If the new version is not listed there, send an email to C<perlbug-admin at
-perl.org> requesting this.
-
 =head3 Relax!
 
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