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releasenotes: add a file in which to record release notes I've just spent a few very boring hours going through the changelog for the 5.0 release (829 commits). We only had 5 commits that used the syntax that the release notes extension expects. This commit adds a file in which we can record important changes. The file should preferably be edited in the patch that makes the important change, but it can also be edited after (I think this is an important benefit compared to the release notes extension). I'm thinking that we can rename the file from "next" to "5.1" or something when it's time, and then we'd create a new "next" file on the default branch. I've used the syntax that we use on the our wiki in the template, but I don't care much that we use any valid syntax at all. The idea is mostly to record important changes when they happen. I expect that some copy editing will be needed at release time anyway. Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D6332
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Requirements

Building the Inno installer requires a Windows machine.

The following system dependencies must be installed:

Building

The build.py script automates the process of producing an Inno installer. It manages fetching and configuring the non-system dependencies (such as py2exe, gettext, and various Python packages).

The script requires an activated Visual C++ 2008 command prompt. A shortcut to such a prompt was installed with Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler for Python 2.7. From your Start Menu, look for Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler Package for Python 2.7 then launch either Visual C++ 2008 32-bit Command Prompt or Visual C++ 2008 64-bit Command Prompt.

From the prompt, change to the Mercurial source directory. e.g. cd c:\src\hg.

Next, invoke build.py to produce an Inno installer. You will need to supply the path to the Python interpreter to use.:

$ python3.exe contribpackaginginnobuild.py
--python c:python27python.exe

Note

The script validates that the Visual C++ environment is active and that the architecture of the specified Python interpreter matches the Visual C++ environment and errors if not.

If everything runs as intended, dependencies will be fetched and configured into the build sub-directory, Mercurial will be built, and an installer placed in the dist sub-directory. The final line of output should print the name of the generated installer.

Additional options may be configured. Run build.py --help to see a list of program flags.

MinGW

It is theoretically possible to generate an installer that uses MinGW. This isn't well tested and build.py and may properly support it. See old versions of this file in version control for potentially useful hints as to how to achieve this.