# Release process
+## General steps
+
1. Create a new 'milestone' for the next release and move all issues
present in the current release milestone.
1. Verification of release notes: ensure that release notes
1. Optionally announce the release on the @GnuTLS twitter account.
1. Close the current release milestone.
+## Distribution specific steps
+
+- To update Fedora, you can use the [packit](http://packit.dev/) tool
+ to submit pull-requests to the package repository. Install the tool
+ and run `packit propose-downstream . $VERSION` in the checkout
+ directory.
+
[abi-dump repository]: https://gitlab.com/gnutls/abi-dump
[NEWS entry]: https://gitlab.com/gnutls/web-pages/-/tree/master/news-entries
[security advisory entry]: https://gitlab.com/gnutls/web-pages/-/tree/master/security-entries