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Author: gjb
Date: Fri Feb 14 22:31:20 2014
New Revision: 43944
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/43944

Log:
  Add notes about the -ALPHA build and what file(s) to update.
  Add placeholder section for "building the images."
  
  Sponsored by:	The FreeBSD Foundation

Modified:
  user/gjb/releng-rewrite/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-releng/article.xml

Modified: user/gjb/releng-rewrite/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-releng/article.xml
==============================================================================
--- user/gjb/releng-rewrite/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-releng/article.xml	Fri Feb 14 22:31:18 2014	(r43943)
+++ user/gjb/releng-rewrite/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-releng/article.xml	Fri Feb 14 22:31:20 2014	(r43944)
@@ -113,6 +113,15 @@
 	  <para>Wrapping up the release cycle.</para>
 	</listitem>
       </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+	<term><xref linkend="releng-building"/></term>
+
+	<listitem>
+	  <para>Information related to the specific procedures to
+	    build installation medium.</para>
+	</listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
     </variablelist>
   </sect1>
 
@@ -305,6 +314,17 @@
 
       <para>&os; <literal>-ALPHA</literal> snapshots should be built
 	approximately once a week.</para>
+
+      <para>For the first <literal>-ALPHA</literal> build, the
+	<literal>BRANCH</literal> value in
+	<filename>sys/conf/newvers.sh</filename> needs to be changed
+	from <literal>CURRENT</literal> to <literal>ALPHA1</literal>.
+	For subsequent <literal>-ALPHA</literal> builds, increment
+	each <literal>ALPHA<replaceable>N</replaceable></literal>
+	value by one.</para>
+
+      <para>See <xref linkend="releng-building"/> for information on
+	building the <literal>-ALPHA</literal> images.</para>
     </sect2>
 
     <sect2 xml:id="releng-head-freeze-kbi">
@@ -376,4 +396,11 @@
 
     <para>This section describes general post-release tasks.</para>
   </sect1>
+
+  <sect1 xml:id="releng-building">
+    <title>Building the Installer Images</title>
+
+    <para>This section describes how to build the installation images
+      as part of the &os; release cycle.</para>
+  </sect1>
 </article>