Re: [PATCH] README-release improvements

[Stefano Lattarini]

Hi Gary.

On Sunday 23 October 2011, Gary V wrote:
> Hi Stefano,
>
> In practice, I prefer to:
> 
>   git status
>   <save any untracked files I care about>
>   git clean -f -x -d
>   ./bootstrap --gnulib-srcdir=../gnulib && ./configure --disable-nls
>
> This is way faster, but relies on my discretion.  Like Jim, I'm leary of
> recommending git clean in the README-release incase someone follows it and
> deletes an important untracked file by mistake.
>
I'm with you in this (and that's why I didn't suggest the use of
"git clean").

> I think after this pending
> patch, README-release offers a safe (if slightly long-winded) recipe for
> getting to a clean self-consistent state before bootstrapping in preparation
> for a release.
>
OK.  As I said in a previous mail, we are only talking about suggestions
in the README here, not mandated or scripted rules, so no big deal.  I
was just throwing ideas around :-)

Regards,
   Stefano