added a RELEASE-CHECKLIST.md

2 files changed, 34 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 7b7e06b..05eeac4 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS=-I m4
 pkgconfigdir=$(libdir)/pkgconfig
 pkgconfig_DATA=libmtp.pc
 
-EXTRA_DIST=libmtp.pc libmtp.sh COPYING README.windows.txt
+EXTRA_DIST=libmtp.pc libmtp.sh COPYING README.windows.txt RELEASE-CHECKLIST.md
 
 # This stuff only makes sense on Linux so only
 # build and ship it on Linux.
diff --git a/RELEASE-CHECKLIST.md b/RELEASE-CHECKLIST.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a6afa3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RELEASE-CHECKLIST.md
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Release checklist
+
+# GIT work
+
+- make check
+- change configure.ac to the new version
+- commit
+- tag this commit with libmtp-1-1-x
+- git push --tags  		to sourceforge and
+- git push --tags github	to github
+- make dist
+- gpg sign created tarball via gpg --detach-sign -a libmtp-1.1.x.tar.gz
+- create a README with the git shortlog libmtp-1-1-y..libmtp-1-1-x and perhaps some highlevel words
+
+## SF work
+
+- create a new directory 1.1.x
+- upload the tar.gz, tar.gz.asc and README to this Folder
+- select the tar.gz as new default download for sF
+
+- Go to Tracker -> Bugs -> Edit Milestones and add the new release
+- Go to Tracker -> Support Requests -> Edit Milestones and add the new release
+
+## Github work
+
+- Go to the tags -> release 
+- create a new release from the libmtp-1-1-x tag
+- Put in README like above
+- upload also .tar.gz and .tar.gz.asc so people have a verifiable tarball.
+
+## Announce
+
+- announce on https://freshcode.club/