view etc/CHECKLIST @ 18479:85d31344fb23 stable rc-3-8-1-2

3.8.1 release candidate 2 * configure.ac (OCTAVE_VERSION): Bump to 3.8.1-rc2. (OCTAVE_MINOR_VERSION): Bump to 1-rc2. (OCTAVE_RELEASE_DATE): Set to 2014-02-14.
author John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
date Mon, 17 Feb 2014 02:20:39 -0500
parents 987ecd306f3f
children a6d13c62fccf
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Things to do before making a release:

  * Update the version number and release date in configure.ac.

  * Update the NEWS file.

  * Update the NEWS-<VERSION>.html, index.in, news.in, and download.in
    files for the web site.

  * Copy tarballs to ftp.gnu.org.

  * Post a release announcement to the help@octave.org and
    info-gnu@gnu.org lists.