view etc/CHECKLIST @ 19940:52d2bbf49c92 rc-4-0-0-1

maint: Bump version number for 4.0.0-rc1.
author John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
date Thu, 05 Mar 2015 10:12:26 -0500
parents a6d13c62fccf
children
line wrap: on
line source

Things to do before making a release:

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

  * Update version number and release year in CITATION.

  * 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.