# HG changeset patch
# User John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
# Date 1308940362 14400
# Node ID 987ecd306f3f27a5641e21982ac34ac6e413f072
# Parent  37c5cf08cfa09b788f91ed7afbeb1836a3a747df
maint: update etc/CHECKLIST file

* etc/CHECKLIST: Update for current release procedure.

diff --git a/etc/CHECKLIST b/etc/CHECKLIST
--- a/etc/CHECKLIST
+++ b/etc/CHECKLIST
@@ -1,18 +1,13 @@
 Things to do before making a release:
 
-  * Ask testers for the type(s) of machines they are using.
-
-  * Update the version number in src/version.h.
-
-  * Update the version number in doc/refcard/refcard.tex.
-
-  * Add a `Version M.N.P released.' line to the ChangeLog.
+  * Update the version number and release date in configure.ac.
 
   * Update the NEWS file.
 
-  * Check the README file.
+  * Update the NEWS-<VERSION>.html, index.in, news.in, and download.in
+    files for the web site.
 
-  * Run autoconf, autoheader, and configure before making tar files.
+  * Copy tarballs to ftp.gnu.org.
 
-  * Update the NEWS and README.octave files in the anonymous ftp
-    directory.
+  * Post a release announcement to the help@octave.org and
+    info-gnu@gnu.org lists.