doc: Update release_steps.txt

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Tom Henderson
2022-06-03 14:28:29 -07:00
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@@ -198,16 +198,12 @@ First, create skeletal sections in CHANGES.html and RELEASE_NOTES.md to
start collecting inputs for the ns-3.(x+1) release.
The project may decide to make incremental, bug-fix releases from
time to time, with a minor version number (e.g. ns-3.7.1). To do
time to time, with a minor version number (e.g. ns-3.36.1). To do
this, changesets may be cherry-picked from ns-3-dev and added to
ns-3.x branch. Do not move over changesets that pertain to
adding new features, but documentation fixes and bug fixes are good
changesets to make available in a minor release. The same steps
above for making a release are generally followed, although one
does not need to create a separate branch, but instead just reopens
the previous release branch, makes the changes, adds a minor version
number as a tag, and merges the branch back with the master branch.
Also, on the main website, make sure that "latest release" points to
the right page. See how it was handled for ns-3.12 (which made
a minor release): https://www.nsnam.org/ns-3.12/
above for making a release are generally followed; the documentation
in the manual about working with Git as a maintainer provides the
specific steps to follow. Also, on the main website, make sure that
"latest release" and "latest documentation" points to the right page.