svn commit: r666210 - /incubator/couchdb/trunk/README

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Author: nslater
Date: Tue Jun 10 10:09:48 2008
New Revision: 666210

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=666210&view=rev
Log:
added additional release instructions

Modified:
    incubator/couchdb/trunk/README

Modified: incubator/couchdb/trunk/README
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/incubator/couchdb/trunk/README?rev=666210&r1=666209&r2=666210&view=diff
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--- incubator/couchdb/trunk/README (original)
+++ incubator/couchdb/trunk/README Tue Jun 10 10:09:48 2008
@@ -264,13 +264,21 @@
 
 If everything was successful you should now have a pristine checkout.
 
-### Preparing For Distribution ###
+### Making a Release ###
+
+The following steps should be taken prior to preparing the release:
+
+    svn cp trunk branches/X.X.X
+    svn cp branches/X.X.X tags/X.X.X
+    svn export tags/0.8.0 export
+
+You must then use the `export` directory to prepare the release.
 
 To build the source for distribution you should then run the following command:
 
     ./configure && make distcheck
 
-If everything was successful you should see a `zip` file and/or a `tar.gz` file
+If everything was successful you should see an appropriately named `tar.gz` file
 sitting in the root directory ready for distribution.
 
 ### Release Checklist ###