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To do a release:
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- Update NEWS, configure.ac, and fetchmail.man, with release number & date.





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- Run "perl dist-tools/makerelease.pl" - this entails "make distcheck".





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- Commit all files to the VCS (Git).





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- Tag the new release with a signed tag.





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- cd to ~/public_html/fetchmail and edit index.html for the new tarballs





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  and NEWS files and last update.





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- These would be done automatically by makerelease.pl:





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  - Upload sig and tarball to ~/public_html/fetchmail/





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  - Upload sig and tarball to ftp.berlios.de:/incoming/ and release





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  - Upload lsm, sig and tarball to ibiblio.org:/incoming/linux/





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- Update the fetchmail website for version, link to release nodes





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  (update release_id) and last update, commit, and upload.





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- Announce on freshmeat.