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diff --git a/.github/RELEASE.md b/.github/RELEASE.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..2807667a30 --- /dev/null +++ b/.github/RELEASE.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +# 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") |