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@@ -264,13 +264,21 @@ following command: If everything was successful you should now have a pristine checkout. -### Preparing For Distribution ### +### Making a Release ### + +The following steps should be taken prior to preparing the release: + + svn cp trunk branches/X.X.X + svn cp branches/X.X.X tags/X.X.X + svn export tags/0.8.0 export + +You must then use the `export` directory to prepare the release. To build the source for distribution you should then run the following command: ./configure && make distcheck -If everything was successful you should see a `zip` file and/or a `tar.gz` file +If everything was successful you should see an appropriately named `tar.gz` file sitting in the root directory ready for distribution. ### Release Checklist ### |