-- 
-- RELEASE
-- 
-- release instructions.
-- 
-- Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002 Stefan Jahn <stefan@lkcc.org>
-- 
-- This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-- it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-- the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
-- any later version.
-- 
-- This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-- GNU General Public License for more details.
-- 
-- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-- along with this package; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
-- the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
-- Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  
--

Distribution process:
---------------------

* Ensure the release is complete.
  - Check the TODO, NEWS and BUGS files for pending or completed tasks.
  - Are the M$-Windows files up to date (*.dsp, *.dsw)?
  - Compile, run and test it on M$-Windows (MinGW32, Cygwin and MSVC). 
  - Make sure INSTALL, THANKS and README-* are up to date.

* Test build and packaging.
  - Run `make distclean', `sh autogen.sh' and `make all'.
  - Check if the binaries work properly.
  - Run `make distcheck'.
  - Check this status into CVS and tag it.
  - Run `make dist'.
  - Run `make site' in the `doc/' directory and check this status into
    the savannah.gnu.org CVS.
  - Create a binary package for M$-Windows.

* Bump up version.
  - Add a ChangeLog entry in toplevel directory.
  - Add new section in NEWS.
  - Bump up version number in `configure.in'.
  - Check into CVS.

* Distribute the package. 
  - Upload the package to <www.lkcc.org>.
  - Release at SourceForge.
  - Announce the release at Freshmeat.
  - Send an announcement to <help-serveez@gnu.org> and <info-gnu@gnu.org>.
  - Update documentation on <www.gnu.org> and <serveez.sourceforge.net>.
  - Update the Guile project entry <guile-projects@glug.org>.
  - Update the GNU directory entry <bug-directory@gnu.org>.
