[groff] 07/14: FOR-RELEASE: Add version increment procedures.

[G. Branden Robinson]

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit 8965bfc5721615f555e94e8bfee9b6c8a2389350
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Fri Feb 19 08:25:15 2021 +1100

    FOR-RELEASE: Add version increment procedures.
---
 ChangeLog   | 5 +++++
 FOR-RELEASE | 8 +++++++-
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 94475c5..6e60d98 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 2021-02-14  G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
 
+       * FOR-RELEASE: Add more procedures and information related to
+       incrementing groff's version number.
+
+2021-02-14  G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
+
        * src/libs/libgroff/searchpath.cpp (search_path::open_file,
        search_path::open_file_cautious): Save errno before calling
        free() and restore it afterwards.  A future version of POSIX
diff --git a/FOR-RELEASE b/FOR-RELEASE
index 2b84069..6ed2650 100644
--- a/FOR-RELEASE
+++ b/FOR-RELEASE
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-    Copyright 2013-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+    Copyright 2013-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
     Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
     are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ This file describes how to prepare `groff' for a new release.
 
 ########################################################################
 
+* Increment the version number.  groff requires an explicit three-part
+  version, major.minor.revision, due to the .Y register.
+
 * Retrieve current versions of UnicodeData.txt[1] and the Adobe Glyph
   List (AGL)[2], and use them with
   src/utils/afmtodit/make-afmtodit-tables to update
@@ -29,6 +32,9 @@ This file describes how to prepare `groff' for a new release.
   + doc/groff.texi (multiple occurrences)
   + doc/webpage.ms
 
+* If the major or minor version number is being incremented, split off
+  a historical ChangeLog file.
+
 * Update in 'src/roff/groff/groff.cpp' the 'printf' that displays the
   copyright.