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-Notes about releasing
-
-These notes apply to the stable version.
-
-Before 1.2:
-   - write announce-1.2
-
-   - git add announce-1.2
-
-   - Update version numbers and year in source
-
-   - make distcheck
-
-   - Check that tarball works
-
-   - git tag 1.2.0
-
-   - git push
-
-   - git push tags
-
-   - upload to web site
-
-   - Update website
-
-   - announcements:
-     - freshmeat
-     - twitter (sysprof, retweet)
-     - gnome-announce-list
-     - reddit/hackernews?
-     - blog