view etc/CHECKLIST @ 18554:ca65b05b9a8a gui-release

maint: Periodic merge of stable to gui-release.
author John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
date Tue, 18 Feb 2014 02:50:18 -0500
parents 987ecd306f3f
children a6d13c62fccf
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Things to do before making a release:

  * Update the version number and release date in configure.ac.

  * Update the NEWS file.

  * Update the NEWS-<VERSION>.html, index.in, news.in, and download.in
    files for the web site.

  * Copy tarballs to ftp.gnu.org.

  * Post a release announcement to the help@octave.org and
    info-gnu@gnu.org lists.