Checklist for official releases

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 - check latest polyml, smlnj, jdk, scala, jedit;

 - check Admin/components;

 - test polyml-5.4.1, polyml-5.4.0, polyml-5.3.0, smlnj;

 - test Isabelle/jEdit on single-core;

 - test Isabelle/jEdit on airy device;

 - test 'display_drafts' command;

 - test "#!/usr/bin/env isabelle_scala_script";

 - check HTML header of library;

 - check sources:

     isabelle java isabelle.Check_Source '~~' '$AFP_BASE'

 - run isabelle update_keywords;

 - check ANNOUNCE, README, NEWS, COPYRIGHT, CONTRIBUTORS;

 - check funny base directory, e.g. "Test 中国";

 - check scalable fonts, e.g. src/Doc/ProgProve (NOTE: T1 encoding

   requires cm-super fonts, which are usually available on MacTeX or

   Cygwin, but not on Ubuntu/Debian);

 - diff NEWS wrt. last official release, which is read-only;

 - update https://bitbucket.org/isabelle_project/isabelle-release/wiki/Home

 - update https://bitbucket.org/isabelle_project/isabelle-website

 - maintain doc/Contents;

 - maintain Logics:

     ROOTS

     lib/html/library_index_content.template

 - test separate compilation of Isabelle/Scala PIDE sources:

     Admin/build jars_test

 - test Isabelle/jEdit:

     print buffer

 - test contrib components:

     x86_64-linux without 32bit C/C++ libraries

 - check "Handler catches all exceptions", using

   PolyML.Compiler.reportExhaustiveHandlers := true;

 Repository fork

 ===============

 - isabelle: finalize NEWS / CONTRIBUTORS -- proper headers for named release;

 - isabelle-release: hg tag;

 - isabelle: back to post-release mode -- after fork point;

 Packaging

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 - fully-automated packaging (requires Mac OS X with gnutar):

   hg up -r DISTNAME && Admin/Release/build -l -r DISTNAME /home/isabelle/dist

 Final release stage

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 - various .hg/hgrc files:

   default = http://bitbucket.org/isabelle_project/isabelle-release

   default = ssh://hg@bitbucket.org/isabelle_project/isabelle-release

 - isatest@macbroy28:hg-isabelle/.hg/hgrc

 - isatest@macbroy28:devel-page/content/index.content

 Post-release

 ============

 - update /home/isabelle and /home/isabelle/html-data