Appstream-Glib Release Notes 1. Write NEWS entries for appstream_glib in the same format as usual. git shortlog appstream_glib_0_6_1.. | grep -i -v trivial | grep -v Merge > NEWS.new -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 0.6.2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Released: 2016-xx-xx Notes: New Features: Bugfixes: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.5 Update translations: make -C po appstream-glib.pot zanata-cli push zanata-cli pull --min-doc-percent=5 git add po/*.po 3. Update library version if new ABI or API in configure.ac 4. Commit changes in git: git commit -a -m "Release version 0.6.2" git tag -s -f -m "Release 0.6.2" appstream_glib_0.6.2 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