Appstream-Glib Release Notes

1. Write NEWS entries for appstream_glib in the same format as usual.

git shortlog appstream_glib_0_5_17.. | grep -i -v trivial | grep -v Merge > NEWS.new

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Version 0.6.1
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Released: 2016-xx-xx

Notes:

New Features:

Bugfixes:
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1.5 Update translations:

cd po
make appstream-glib.pot
tx push --source
tx pull --all --minimum-perc=5
git add *.po

3. Update library version if new ABI or API in configure.ac

4. Commit changes in git:

git commit -a -m "Release version 0.6.1"
git tag -s -f -m "Release 0.6.1" appstream_glib_0.6.1
<gpg password>
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