PackageKit Release Notes 1. Write NEWS entries for PackageKit and gnome-packagekit in the same format as usual. Ignore any trivial commits. git-shortlog PACKAGEKIT_0_3_4.. | grep -v trivial | grep -v Merge > NEWS.new git-shortlog GNOME_PACKAGEKIT_0_3_4.. | grep -v trivial | grep -v Merge > 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 0.3.5" git tag -a -f -m "Release 0.3.5" PACKAGEKIT_0_3_5 git push --tags git push git push git+ssh://hughsient@git.freedesktop.org/git/packagekit git push --tags git+ssh://hughsient@git.freedesktop.org/git/packagekit 5. Commit changes in gnome-packagekit git: git commit -a -m "Release version 0.3.5" git-tag GNOME_PACKAGEKIT_0_3_5 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 "trivial: post release version bump" git push 10. Send an email to packagekit@lists.freedesktop.org ================================================= Subject: PackageKit and gnome-packagekit 0.3.5 released! Today I released PackageKit and gnome-packagekit 0.3.5. 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. =================================================