Add a note to REALEASING_RAILS about testing the gem locally before releasing

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Jon Leighton 2011-11-14 17:08:24 +00:00
parent 156784fef1
commit be777b30d5

@ -95,6 +95,14 @@ branch.
=== Update the RAILS_VERSION file to include the RC.
=== Build and test the gem.
Run `rake install` to generate the gems and install them locally. Then try
generating a new app and ensure that nothing explodes.
This will stop you looking silly when you push an RC to rubygems.org and then
realise it is broken.
=== Release the gem.
IMPORTANT: Due to YAML parse problems on the rubygems.org server, it is safest
@ -162,6 +170,7 @@ Today, do this stuff in this order:
* Apply security patches to the release branch
* Update CHANGELOG with security fixes.
* Update RAILS_VERSION to remove the rc
* Build and test the gem
* Release the gems
* Email security lists
* Email general announcement lists