Release Guidelines

While preparing for the release:

• create cleanup branch (if needed) with some little patches (usually with typecasts fixies, etc);
• create ticket (type=task) for release. Ticket must be blocked by cleanup branch (if present);
• update NEWS file in repo and Wiki;
• new tag in git;
• new version in Trac;
• new milestone in Trac (no needed for stable branch);
• create tar.(gz|bzip|lzma) package files and make checksums for archives;
• upload source packages and checksums to special upload area;
• developers should download tarballs, verify checksums, compile and locally install. If everything is ok than developers keep votes in ticket;
• upload source packages and checksums to ​http://www.midnight-commander.org/downloads;
• update Wiki start page with latest release number;
• write an announcement: list user visible changes (bugs and features);
• close current milestone (no needed for stable branch);
• close ticket for release.