Updates.

pep-0101.txt

@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ How to Make A Release
           BEFORE A FINAL RELEASE.  This will give the Experts enough time to
           do their bits before the announcement goes out.
 
+          In any case, the RM MUST wait for the "green light" from the
+          following experts before updating the web pages and sending the
+          announcement: WE, DE
+
     XXX: We should include a dependency graph to illustrate the steps
     that can be taken in parallel, or those that depend on other
     steps.
@@ -138,8 +142,6 @@ How to Make A Release
           % svn co \
             svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/branches/release26-maint
 
-      ___ cd release26-maint  # cd into the branch directory.
-
       ___ Set the original trunk up to be the next release.
 
           % .../sandbox/release/release.py --bump 2.7a0
@@ -163,11 +165,13 @@ How to Make A Release
           ___ Update the version number in configure.in and re-run autoconf.
 
           ___ Update the version numbers for the Windows builds in PC/ and
-              PCbuild/, which have references to python26. 
+              PCbuild/, which have references to python26.
 
               % find PC/ PCbuild/ \( -type f -and -not -wholename '*/.svn/*' \) | xargs sed -i 's/python26/python27/g'
               % svn mv PC/os2emx/python26.def PC/os2emx/python27.def
 
+      ___ cd release26-maint  # cd into the branch directory.
+
 
   ___ Regenerate Lib/pydoc-topics.py
 
@@ -205,7 +209,7 @@ How to Make A Release
           contains what purports to be an HTML-ized copy of the LICENSE
           file from the distribution.  BROKEN
 
-  ___ Check with the IDLE maintainer to be sure that
+  ___ Check with the IE (if there is one <wink>) to be sure that
       Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt has been similarly updated.
 
   ___ For a final release, edit the first paragraph of
@@ -218,10 +222,14 @@ How to Make A Release
 
       .../sandbox/release/release.py --tag X.YaZ
 
-  ___ Send an email to the Experts so that they can build the binaries.
+  ___ STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP
 
-      For a final release, the RM may block at this point waiting for
-      confirmation from the Experts.
+      At this point you must receive the "green light" from other experts in
+      order to create the release.  There are things you can do while you wait
+      though, so keep reading until you hit the next STOP.
+
+  ___ Forward the commit message that created the tag to python-committers and
+      ask that the experts build the binaries.  Currently, this is only the WE.
 
   ___ XXX The WE builds the Windows helpfile, using (in Doc/) either
 
@@ -244,7 +252,7 @@ How to Make A Release
       and AMD64). He has one checkout tree per target architecture,
       and builds the pcbuild.sln project for the appropriate
       architecture. He then edits Tools/msi/config.py to update
-      full_current_version, sets snapshot to False and runs msi.py with 
+      full_current_version, sets snapshot to False and runs msi.py with
       ActivePython 2.5 or Python 2.5 with pywin32.
       For that to work, the following prerequisites must be met:
 
@@ -274,7 +282,8 @@ How to Make A Release
       changes in your working directory, but you may pick up some of the
       expert's last minute changes.
 
-  ___ If you've seen updates to existing files, update the branches.
+  ___ If you've seen updates to existing files and you want these to make it
+      into the release, update the branches.
 
       ___ Delete the old tag branch and re-tag the tree
       ___ Delete the maintenance branch and re-branch the trunk.
@@ -291,9 +300,9 @@ How to Make A Release
   ___ scp the files to your home directory on dinsdale.python.org.
 
       While you're waiting for the files to finish uploading, you can continue
-      on with the remaining tasks.  You can also ask folks on #python-dev to
-      download the files as they finish uploading so that they can test them
-      on their platforms as well.
+      on with the remaining tasks.  You can also ask folks on #python-dev
+      and/or python-committers to download the files as they finish uploading
+      so that they can test them on their platforms as well.
 
   ___ Now you want to perform the very important step of checking the
       tarball you just created, to make sure a completely clean,
@@ -460,6 +469,13 @@ How to Make A Release
   fuzzy bit because not much can be automated.  You can use an earlier
   announcement as a template, but edit it for content!
 
+  ___ STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP
+
+      ___ Have you gotten the green light from the WE?
+
+      ___ Have you gotten the green light from the DE?
+
+
   ___ Once the announcement is ready, send it to the following
       addresses:
 
@@ -529,7 +545,7 @@ How to Make A Release
   ___ Send email to python-committers informing them that the branch has been
       unfrozen.
 
-  ___ Update the release PEP (e.g. 361) with the release dates.
+  ___ Update any release PEPs (e.g. 361) with the release dates.
 
   ___ In the tracker at http://bugs.python.org, flip all the deferred blocker
       issues back to release blocker for the next release.
@@ -550,21 +566,6 @@ What Next?
   You've just made a Python release!
 
 
-Final Release Notes
-
-    The Final release of any major release, e.g. Python 2.5 final, has
-    special requirements, specifically because it will be one of the
-    longest lived releases (i.e. betas don't last more than a couple
-    of weeks, but final releases can last for years!).
-
-    For this reason we want to have a higher coordination between the
-    three major releases: Windows, Mac, and source.  So we add this
-    extra step to the release process for a final release:
-
-    ___ Hold up the final release until the Experts approve, or until we
-        lose patience <wink>.
-
-
 Windows Notes
 
     Windows has a MSI installer, various flavors of Windows have