1. Check out a tag/commit corresponding to the release point. This
should generally be a Perl release (dev or stable). Make sure
your working tree is clear of extraneous files. E.g.
$ git checkout v5.15.8
$ git clean -dxf
2. Rsync the Search-Dict directory to a temporary directory for
release. E.g.
$ rsync -av --delete dist/Search-Dict /tmp
3. Change to the temp directory
$ cd /tmp/Search-Dict
4. Look at the Changes file. If it was not kept up to date in blead,
take a minute to feel sad, then update it. Remember to copy the
changes back to blead later.
5. Configure and then make a MANIFEST
$ perl Makefile.PL
$ make manifest
6. Build a release directory and examine its contents, paying particular
attention to the MANIFEST and the META files
$ make distdir
7. Test the release directory
$ make disttest
8. If all looks good, create a tarball and upload it to CPAN (maybe
install CPAN::Uploader or an equivalent tool)
$ make dist
$ cpan_upload Search-Dict-X.YYYZZZ.tar.gz
9. Update Porting/Maintainers.pl in the Perl repo with the new tarball
name for Search-Dict.
10. If you updated Changes, copy that back to blead now
11. Commit any changes to blead (or submit it as a patch if you don't have a
commit bit)
