.github/RELEASE.md

   1 # Steps to a successful release
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   3 1. Add all items to NEWS
   4 2. Update the contributors list in NEWS ("make git-contrib")
   5 3. Update the time and place in NEWS
   6 4. Update version in configure.ac and library numbers in Makefile.am
   7 5. Check that "make distcheck" works
   8 6. Tag the release ("make git-tag")
   9 7. Upload the documentation ("make doc-sync")
  10 8. Close the github milestone and open a new one (https://github.com/systemd/systemd/milestones)
  11 9. Send announcement to systemd-devel, with a copy&paste from NEWS
  12 10. Update IRC topic ("/msg chanserv TOPIC #systemd Version NNN released")