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authorLuke Shumaker <lukeshu@sbcglobal.net>2016-09-13 20:39:58 -0400
committerLuke Shumaker <lukeshu@sbcglobal.net>2016-09-13 20:39:58 -0400
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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")