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diffutils-3.9 released [stable]

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Message #8 received at 60855 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Simon Josefsson <simon <at> josefsson.org>
Cc: 60855 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug-diffutils] bug#60855: diffutils-3.9 released [stable]
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2023 15:33:49 -0800

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On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 12:06 AM Simon Josefsson via bug-diffutils via
All diffutils discussion. <bug-diffutils <at> gnu.org> wrote:
> Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net> writes:
> > This is to announce diffutils-3.9, a stable release.
...
> > To summarize the 931 gnulib-related changes, run these commands
> > from a git-cloned diffutils directory:
> >   git checkout v3.9
> >   git submodule summary v3.8
>
> This results in empty output if the gnulib submodule isn't checked out,
> which it isn't on a first git clone of diffutils.  Maybe the
> announcement should have g  in between those
> commands?

Hi Simon,
Thanks for reporting that. Good point, indeed.
I've made that change to the tiny script I use to generate that part
of the announcement.

In case anyone else wants to use it (to be run after you've run "make
release"), here it is:

[announce-pre-gen (application/octet-stream, attachment)]

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