libvorbis release checklist. - Bump vendor string for encoder changes in lib/info.c - Bump release version and sonames in configure.ac - Update CHANGES. - Update overall copyright dates on COPYING and README. - Verify everything is committed. - Tag release: `git tag -S v1.x.y` Paste the CHANGES entry as a tag msg. - Verify 'make distcheck' works. - Publish the tag: `git push --tags` - Copy source packages to a checkout of https://svn.xiph.org/releases/vorbis/ - Add the packages to the repo and update checksum files there. - Update https://xiph.org/downloads/ - Update topic in the #vorbis irc channel on freenode.net. - Post announcement to https://xiph.org/press/ and link from front page. - Announce new release to mailing list.