- update the file NEWS based on the git history
+ - verify that the version number of dbus-specification.xml is
+ changed if it needs to be; if changes have been made, update the
+ release date in that file
+
- update the AUTHORS file with "make update-authors" if necessary
- the version number should have major.minor.micro, even
- bump the version number up in configure.ac (so the micro version is odd),
and commit it. Make sure you do this *after* tagging the previous
release! The idea is that git has a newer version number
- than anything released.
+ than anything released. Similarly, bump the version number of
+ dbus-specification.xml and set the release date to "(not finalized)".
- merge the branch you've released to the chronologically-later
branch (usually "master"). You'll probably have to fix a merge