The release process is primarily executed by the current pumpking.
-This documents both helps as a check-list for the pumpking and is
+This document both helps as a check-list for the pumpking and is
a base for ideas on how the various tasks could be automated or
distributed.
=head2 Is it ready?
-In this step we need to make sure that
+In this step we need to make sure that:
=over 4
for each module that fails its regression tests on $current
did it fail identically on $previous?
- if yes, "SEP"
+ if yes, "SEP" (Somebody Else's Problem)
else work out why it failed (a bisect is useful for this)
attempt to group failure causes
no - note it in perldelta as a significant bugfix
(also, try to inform the module's author)
+( TBD based on http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2009/05/msg146680.html )
+
=back