12. [FINAL] Close the github milestone and open a new one (https://github.com/systemd/systemd/milestones)
13. "Draft" a new release on github (https://github.com/systemd/systemd/releases/new), mark "This is a pre-release" if appropriate.
14. Check that announcement to systemd-devel, with a copy&paste from NEWS, was sent. This should happen automatically.
-15. Update IRC topic (`/msg chanserv TOPIC #systemd Version NNN released`)
+15. Update IRC topic (`/msg chanserv TOPIC #systemd Version NNN released | Online resources https://systemd.io/`)
16. Push commits to stable, create an empty -stable branch: `git push systemd-stable --atomic origin/main:main origin/main:refs/heads/${version}-stable`.
17. Build and upload the documentation (on the -stable branch): `ninja -C build doc-sync`
18. [FINAL] Change the default branch to latest release (https://github.com/systemd/systemd-stable/settings/branches).