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libvorbis release checklist.

- Bump vendor string for encoder changes in lib/info.c
- Bump release version and sonames in configure.ac
- Update CHANGES.
- Update overall copyright dates on COPYING and README.
- Verify everything is committed.
- Tag release: `git tag -S v1.x.y` Paste the CHANGES entry as a tag msg.
- Verify 'make distcheck' works.
- Publish the tag: `git push --tags`
- Copy source packages to a checkout of https://svn.xiph.org/releases/vorbis/
- Add the packages to the repo and update checksum files there.
- Update https://xiph.org/downloads/
- Attach source packages and release notes to the tag on gitlab.xiph.org and github.
- Update topic in the #vorbis irc channel on freenode.net.
- Post announcement to https://xiph.org/press/ and link from front page.
- Announce new release to mailing list.
- Update releases.sha2 with the source package checksums for future reference.