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authorNick White <git@njw.me.uk>2008-06-17 00:20:03 +0100
committerNick White <git@njw.me.uk>2008-06-17 00:20:03 +0100
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+== PROCEDURE FOR MAKING A NEW RELEASE ==
+
+- Source Tarball -
+1. Create a clean tarball, and sign & checksum it
+ ./prepare-package.sh
+2. Upload tarball & related files
+ scp getht-*.tar.bz2* <user>@dl.sv.nongnu.org:/releases/getht/
+
+- Webpage -
+1. Download current webpage
+ wget http://www.nongnu.org/getht/
+2. Add new version information
+3. Upload updated webpace
+ scp index.html <user>@dl.sv.nongnu.org:/releases/getht/
+
+- Infrastructure -
+1. Add to new version option to bug tracker
+ https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/admin/field_values.php?group_id=9005&list_value=1&field=release_id
+
+- Announcement -
+1. Post news to mailing list
+ getht-general@nongnu
+2. Post news to Savannah
+ https://savannah.nongnu.org/news/submit.php?group=getht
+3. Post new version to the following directories:
+ Freshmeat: http://freshmeat.net/add-release/64475/
+ IceWalkers: http://www.icewalkers.com/submit.php
+ SourceWell: http://sourcewell.berlios.de/updapp.php?id=3655
+
+- Clean up -
+1. Delete local copy of release files
+ rm index.html getht-*.tar.bz2*