PackageKit Release Notes 1. Write NEWS entries for PackageKit and gnome-packagekit in the same format as usual. Ignore any trivial commits. $ git-shortlog GNOME_PACKAGEKIT_0_2_2.. | grep -v trivial > NEWS.new 2. Add download date to docs/html/pk-download.html, save file. 3. Update library version if new ABI in configure.ac and change DEVELOPMENT_RELEASE if needed 4. Commit changes in PackageKit git: $ git commit -a -m "Release version 0.2.3" $ git tag -a -f -m "Release 0.2.3" PACKAGEKIT_0_2_3 $ git push --tags $ git push $ git push git+ssh://username@git.freedesktop.org/git/packagekit $ git push --tags git+ssh://username@git.freedesktop.org/git/packagekit 5. Commit changes in gnome-packagekit git: $ git commit -a -m "Release version 0.2.3" $ git-tag GNOME_PACKAGEKIT_0_2_3 $ git push --tags $ git push 6. run 'make dist-gzip' in both the PackageKit and gnome-packagekit dirs. 7. Upload both tarballs to: $ scp *.tar.gz packagekit.org:/srv/www/html/releases/ 8. Do post release version bump in configure.ac 9. Commit changes in both projects: $ git commit -a -m "post release version bump" $ git push 10. Send an email to packagekit@lists.freedesktop.org ================================================= Subject: PackageKit and gnome-packagekit 0.2.3 released! Today I released PackageKit and gnome-packagekit 0.2.3. PackageKit release notes: http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=packagekit.git;a=blob;f=NEWS gnome-packagekit release notes: http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=users/hughsient/gnome-packagekit.git;a=blob;f=NEWS Tarballs available here: http://www.packagekit.org/releases/ Thanks to all those who made this possible. =================================================