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authorGabriel Burt <gabriel.burt@gmail.com>2010-05-26 15:47:38 -0700
committerGabriel Burt <gabriel.burt@gmail.com>2010-05-26 15:47:38 -0700
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+To make a release:
+
+Pre-release:
+* Update NEWS
+* Bump version in configure.ac (don't forget the display version)
+* Update AUTHORS
+* Update banshee.doap
+* Run `make distcheck`
+* Commit everything
+
+Release:
+* Run the `extras/make-release` script
+ + Add --unstable if appropriate
+ + Note that this makes the tag, adds the version to bugzilla,
+ and uploads the tarballs.
+
+Post-release:
+* Update the website
+ + Copy the last release notes, update and copy from NEWS
+ - Set sort order, parent, and slug
+ + Update Downloads/Archives page, adding entry for this release
+ + Add a new blog post, uncategorized, tag 'news'
+* For stable releases, ssh bansheeweb@bpo, update download.banshee-project.org/release-info/banshee
+ + This is used by the website to know what the latest release is
+* Send announce e-mail
+ + To: banshee-list@gnome.org, gnome-announce-list@gnome.org, mono-announce-list@lists.ximian.com