[csw-maintainers] Submitting a package to the release manager

[Trygve Laugstøl]

Maciej (Matchek) Blizinski wrote:
> I'm writing a script to automate bits of the release process from the
> package maintainer side, and I'd like to learn more about how people
> do things currently, so I can write something that fits reasonably
> well with the current practices.
> 
> When a maintainer decides to release a package, they need to remove
> the package from testing/ and copy it to newpkgs/ on bender. However,
> the maintainer needs to retain a copy of the package for future
> reference. I have a directory ~/to-release, in which I keep the
> packages I intend to send to the release maintainer. I also have
> ~/to-release/released where I keep copies of the packages that have
> been released. Do other people do it similarly? Where do you store the
> copies of packages being currently in the release process?

Gar always put it in ~/gar/pkgs which I use to copy to testing/ and to 
newpkgs/ when I'm ready for a release.

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Trygve