[docs/release-guide] updated release instructions

docs/release-guide.pod

@@ -23,24 +23,49 @@ should finalize in mid March 2010.
 
 =head1 RELEASE PROCEDURE
 
+
 =over 
 
-=item *
+=item 0
+
+Make sure you have the latest changes to the book by executing
+
+    git pull
+
+in your clone of the book repository.
+
+=item 1
+
+Tag the release:
+
+    git tag -a -m'Release YYYY-MM' YYYY-MM
+    git push --tags
+
+where C<YYYY-MM> is the four digit year and 2 digit month.
+
+=item 2
+
+Summarize the major changes since the last release and put them in an
+announcement.  Place the announcement in F<docs/announce/>.
+
+Use the following command to see a chronology of changes:
 
-Write a release announcement, and put it in F<docs/announce/>
+    git log --since=YYYY-MM-DD --reverse 
 
-=item *
+=item 3
 
-Build the book by typing C<make>
+Build the book by typing C<make release>.  This will create a file called
+F<build/book-YYYY-MM.pdf> where C<YYYY> and C<MM> are the current year 
+and month respectively.
 
-=item *
+=item 4
 
-Upload the generated file F<build/book.pdf> to
+Upload the generated file F<build/book-YYYY-MM.pdf> to
 L<http://github.com/perl6/book/downloads>
 
-=item *
+=item 5
 
-Post the blog to L<http://rakudo.org/> (node type I<story>).
+Post the announcement to L<http://rakudo.org/> (node type I<story>).
 
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