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-Pre-release checklist for areaDetector
-
-- Make sure the epics_ad_view.sav file in /usr/local/idl_user/imaging is
-up-to-date
-- Run "update_files" from the Viewers/IDL directory
-- Make sure that documentation/areaDetectorDoc.html and
-areaDetectorReleaseNotes.html have everything for this release, including the
-date.
-- Check in everything to BCDA CVS and SourceForge SVN repositories
-- Do "make clean uninstall", "make" on Linux/vxWorks, Windows and Cygwin
-- Run doxygen in the documentation directory
-- Run "../../../install_documentation .." from the documentation directory
-- Run "makeADStandaloneTar from the top-level areaDetector directory
-- Run "make_tar_file areaDetector RX-YY" from the devel directory