Document welease.

pep-0101.txt

@@ -57,6 +57,15 @@ How to Make A Release
     streamlined procedures used to release Python 2.6 (including the
     alphas and betas).
 
+    We recommend that you use the welease tool, from
+
+    http://svn.python.org/projects/sandbox/trunk/welease/
+
+    It helps verifying that certain (not yet all) mechanic editing
+    has not been forgotten, and invokes svn and tar commands
+    automatically. This guide will indicate which steps are supported
+    by welease.
+
   ___ Impose a check-in freeze.  Send a message to
       python-dev@python.org telling people not to make any check-ins
       on the tree until further notice.
@@ -104,14 +113,14 @@ How to Make A Release
       Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt has been similarly updated.
 
   ___ Make sure the release date is fully spelled out in
-      Doc/commontex/boilerplate.tex.
+      Doc/commontex/boilerplate.tex (welease).
 
-  ___ Tag and/or branch the tree for release X.YaZ
+  ___ Tag and/or branch the tree for release X.YaZ (welease does tagging)
 
       If you're releasing an alpha/beta/release candidate, you will
-      just tag the tree.  If you are releasing a final release, you
-      will both tag the trunk and create the long-lived maintenance
-      branch.
+      just tag the tree, AFTER you made the edits below.  If you are
+      releasing a final release, you will both tag the trunk and
+      create the long-lived maintenance branch.
 
       All Python development happens on the trunk.  While it's
       sometimes challenging to keep people from checking things in
@@ -148,12 +157,13 @@ How to Make A Release
       reflect the new version number you've just created.  You'll want
       to change the PY_VERSION macro, and one or several of the
       version subpart macros just above PY_VERSION, as appropriate.
+      (checked by welease)
 
   ___ IDLE maintains its own versioning and NEWS file (Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt).
       There should be a number of entries reflecting new development, under a
       temporary header.  Update that header to reflect IDLE's new version and
       release date.  Then update Lib/idlelib/idlever.py to show a matching
-      version.
+      version. (checked by welease)
 
   ___ distutils also maintains its own versioning file
       (Lib/distutils/__init__.py).  Update this file with the Python version.
@@ -365,12 +375,14 @@ How to Make A Release
   ___ Time to build the source tarball.  If you created a branch, be
       sure to cd to your working directory for the branch.  E.g.
       % cd .../python-26a3
+      (supported by welease)
 
   ___ Do a "svn update ; svn status" in this directory.
 
       You should not see any files.  I.e. you better not have any
       uncommitted changes in your working directory, but you may pick
       up some of the expert's last minute changes.
+      (checked by welease)
 
   ___ If you've seen updates to existing files, update the svn tag:
 
@@ -387,6 +399,7 @@ How to Make A Release
           svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/tags/r26
 
       This is the tag you will use below.
+      (supported by welease)
 
   ___ Change to a neutral directory, i.e. one in which you can do a
       fresh, virgin, svn export of the branch.  You will be creating a
@@ -395,6 +408,7 @@ How to Make A Release
 
       % cd ~
       % svn export -rr26c2 -d Python-2.6c2 python
+      (supported by welease)
 
   ___ Generate the tarballs.  Note that we're not using the `z' option
       on the tar command because 1) that's only supported by GNU tar
@@ -403,6 +417,7 @@ How to Make A Release
 
       % tar cf - Python-2.6c2 | gzip -9 > Python-2.6c2.tgz
       % tar cf - Python-2.6c2 | bzip2 -9 > Python-2.6c2.tar.bz2
+      (supported by welease)
 
   ___ Calculate the MD5 checksums of the files you just created