-- 
-- RELEASE
-- 
-- release instructions.
-- 
-- Copyright (C) 2005, 2011 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., 51 Franklin Street - Fifth Floor,
-- Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.  
--


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

* Ensure the release is complete.
  - Check the TODO and NEWS files for pending or completed tasks.
  - Make sure INSTALL, THANKS and README files are up to date.

* Test build and packaging.
  - Run `make distclean', `sh bootstrap' and `make all'.
  - Run `make distcheck'.
  - Check this status into SVN and tag it.

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

* Distribute the package. 
  - Upload the work book and the standalone tutorials to the SourceForge
    server.
  - Create the technical documentation as PS and PDF and upload these as
    well as the HTML archive (using LaTeX2HTML).