Here are the steps to follow to create a new pixman release: 1) Ensure that there are no uncommitted changes or unpushed commits, and that you are up to date with the latest commits in the central repository. Here are a couple of useful commands: git diff (no output) git status (should report "nothing to commit") git log master...origin (no output; note: *3* dots) 2) Increment pixman_(major|minor|micro) in configure.ac and meson.build according to the directions in those files. 3) Make sure that new version works, including - make distcheck passes - the X server still works with the new pixman version installed - the cairo test suite hasn't gained any new failures compared to last pixman version. 4) Use "git commit" to record the changes made in step 2 and 3. 5) Generate and publish the tar files by running make PREV= GPGKEY= release-publish If your freedesktop user name is different from your local one, then also set the variable USER to your freedesktop user name. 6) Run make release-publish-message to generate a draft release announcement. Edit it as appropriate and send it to cairo-announce@cairographics.org pixman@lists.freedesktop.org xorg-announce@lists.freedesktop.org 7) Increment pixman_micro to the next larger (odd) number in configure.ac. Commit this change, and push all commits created during this process using git push git push --tags You must use "--tags" here; otherwise the new tag will not be pushed out. 8) Change the topic of the #cairo IRC channel on freenode to advertise the new version.