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HOWTO-Release (view source)

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 Write a news blurb (or rather multiple to be used in the following). Usually, you want a bit longer one for the website, a list for Versiontracker, something with proper english sentences for Freshmeat, etc....
-* Write a news item for our website (and as template for news items on other sites).
+* Write a news item for our website (also to be used as template for news items on other sites).
-* Update documentation page to link to the new README.
-* Update link to release notes (on downloads.php) to point to the correct new release notes in the SF.net FRS.
 * Update / notify various sites:
-** Create a SF.net news item (Ender, Fingolfin, Sev, ...)
+** Create a SF.net news item (Fingolfin, Sev, ...)
-** [http://freshmeat.net/ Freshmeat] (Ender, Fingolfin, ...)
+** [http://freshmeat.net/ Freshmeat] (Fingolfin, Sev ... but anybody can do it)
 ** [http://www.versiontracker.com Versiontracker.com] (Fingolfin)
 ** Update [http://www.heise.de/software/ heise software directory] (Fingolfin)
+** Post about the release on our forums
 ** ... more ?
 * Put the updated web site online
-* In the File Release System, use the "Notify" feature to make sure everybody who's interested in new releases gets a mail
 === Updating the wiki ===