Appstream-Glib Release Notes 1. Write NEWS entries for appstream_glib in the same format as usual. git shortlog appstream_glib_0_1_3.. | grep -i -v trivial | grep -v Merge > NEWS.new -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 0.1.4 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Released: 2014-xx-xx Notes: New Features: Bugfixes: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Update library version if new ABI or API in configure.ac 4. Commit changes in git: git commit -a -m "Release version 0.1.4" git tag -s -f -m "Release 0.1.4" appstream_glib_0_1_4 git push --tags git push 5. run 'make distcheck' 6. Upload tarball to: scp *.tar.* hughsient@people.freedesktop.org:~/public_html/appstream-glib/releases 7. Do post release version bump in configure.ac 8. Commit trivial changes: git commit -a -m "trivial: post release version bump" git push