Missing AUTHORS will now generate failing tests. Removing the manual

checkAUTHORS step from the release engineering guide.

diff --git a/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod b/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod
index b5dbf5e..e533228 100644 (file)
--- a/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod
+++ b/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod
@@ -367,16 +367,6 @@ L<perlport> has a section currently named I<Supported Platforms> that
 indicates which platforms are known to build in the current release.
 If necessary update the list and the indicated version number.
 
-=item *
-
-I<You MAY SKIP this step for SNAPSHOT>
-
-Update F<AUTHORS>, using the C<Porting/checkAUTHORS.pl> script, and if
-necessary, update the script to include new alias mappings for porters
-already in F<AUTHORS>
-
-    $ git log --pretty=fuller | perl Porting/checkAUTHORS.pl --acknowledged AUTHORS -
-
 =back
 
 =head2 Building a release - on the day