UPower Release Notes 1. Write NEWS entries for UPower in the same format as usual. git shortlog UPOWER_0_99_7.. | grep -i -v trivial | grep -v Merge > NEWS.new Version 0.99.8 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Released: 2017-xx-xx New Features: Bugfixes: 2. Commit changes to git: git commit -a -m "Released UPower 0.99.8" git tag -s -f -m "Released UPower 0.99.8" UPOWER_0_99_8 git push --tags git push 3. Generate the tarball: make dist 4. Upload tarball: scp *.tar.* hughsient@annarchy.freedesktop.org:/srv/upower.freedesktop.org/www/releases/ 5. Do post release version bump in configure.ac 6. Commit changes: git commit -a -m "trivial: post release version bump" git push 7. Send an email to devkit-devel@lists.freedesktop.org