perl distros. Contact Graham Barr to make sure that you're on the right
list.
+=head3 rt.perl.org update access
+
+Make sure you have permission to close tickets on L<http://rt.perl.org/>
+so you can respond to bug report as necessary during your stint. If you
+don't, make an account (if you don't have one) and contact the pumpking
+with your username to get ticket-closing permission.
+
=head3 git checkout and commit bit
You will need a working C<git> installation, checkout of the perl
=head2 Building a release - advance actions
-The work of building a release candidate for a numbered release of
+The work of building a release candidate for an even numbered release of
perl generally starts several weeks before the first release candidate.
Some of the following steps should be done regularly, but all I<must> be
done in the run up to a release.