From: Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>
Date: Tue, 31 May 2016 17:43:41 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: Add RELEASE.md file which lists the steps needed for release
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Add RELEASE.md file which lists the steps needed for release

I put it in .github, so it doesn't stand out too much; after all
it's not interesting to most people.
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diff --git a/.github/RELEASE.md b/.github/RELEASE.md
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+# Steps to a successful release
+
+1. Add all items to NEWS
+2. Update the contributors list in NEWS ("make git-contrib")
+3. Update the time and place in NEWS
+4. Update version in configure.ac and library numbers in Makefile.am
+5. Check that "make distcheck" works
+6. Tag the release ("make git-tag")
+7. Upload the documentation ("make doc-sync")
+8. Close the github milestone and open a new one (https://github.com/systemd/systemd/milestones)
+9. Send announcement to systemd-devel, with a copy&paste from NEWS
+10. Update IRC topic ("/msg chanserv TOPIC #systemd Version NNN released")