systemd/.github/RELEASE.md
Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek d11343ac79 Add RELEASE.md file which lists the steps needed for release
I put it in .github, so it doesn't stand out too much; after all
it's not interesting to most people.
2016-06-12 22:23:57 -04:00

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Steps to a successful release

  1. Add all items to NEWS
  2. Update the contributors list in NEWS ("make git-contrib")
  3. Update the time and place in NEWS
  4. Update version in configure.ac and library numbers in Makefile.am
  5. Check that "make distcheck" works
  6. Tag the release ("make git-tag")
  7. Upload the documentation ("make doc-sync")
  8. Close the github milestone and open a new one (https://github.com/systemd/systemd/milestones)
  9. Send announcement to systemd-devel, with a copy&paste from NEWS
  10. Update IRC topic ("/msg chanserv TOPIC #systemd Version NNN released")