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+1. Change version number in
+   - /configure.ac
+   - /CMakeLists.txt
+   - /doc/Doxyfile.in
+   - /man/flac.md
+   - /man/metaflac.md
+   - /test/metaflac-test-files/case07-expect.meta
+1. Change version date in
+   - /src/libFLAC/format.c
+   - /test/metaflac-test-files/case07-expect.meta
+1. Update changelog
+1. Check copyright year and update if applicable
+1. Check libFLAC and libFLAC++ for interface changes and update 
+    version numbers in include/FLAC/export.h and include/FLAC++/export.h
+1. Prepare and check release tarball by running 
+    `git clean -ffxd && ./autogen.sh && ./configure && make distcheck`
+1. Check whether release tarball contains api documentation and
+    generated man pages
+1. Prepare Windows release. Instructions are for building with MinGW-w64
+   - Take last release as template
+   - Update readme's if necessary
+   - Copy changelog and tool documentation
+   - Unpack tarball and create empty directories build64 and build32
+   - Unpack most recent libogg: change
+      `add_library(ogg ${OGG_HEADERS} ${OGG_SOURCES})` to
+      `add_library(ogg STATIC ${OGG_HEADERS} ${OGG_SOURCES})`
+   - Add `-static-libgcc` to FLAC's CFLAGS
+   - Add `-static-libgcc  -static-libstdc++ -Wl,-Bstatic,--whole-archive
+     -lwinpthread -Wl,-Bdynamic,--no-whole-archive` to FLAC's CXXFLAGS
+   - Run `CMake -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON .. && ninja` in both build64 and
+      build32 in the corresponding build environments
+   - Check dependencies of flac.exe, metaflac.exe, libFLAC.dll and
+      libFLAC++.dll, e.g. with objdump -x *.* | grep DLL.
+      Dependencies should only include KERNEL32.DLL, ADVAPI32.DLL,
+      msvcrt.dll and libFLAC.dll
+   - Copy flac.exe, metaflac.exe, libFLAC.dll and libFLAC++.dll of both
+      builds to proper directories
+   - Zip directory