• Checkpoint Release HOWTO
  • Preparation
  • Announcement
  • Update version numbers and dates in files
  • Build candidate packages
  • Test candidate packages
  • Final User's Guide update
  • Upload the packages to SourceForge
  • Create the new release at the SourceForge project page:
  • First, the scons package
  • Then the scons-local package
  • Last, the scons-src package
  • Add the new release to the Issue Tracker at tigris.org
  • Update the scons.org web site
  • Update the project pages at tigris.org:
  • Test downloading from the SourceForge page
  • Test downloading through the web site download page
  • Add a news item to the SourceForge project page
  • Add a news item to the tigris.org project page
  • Announce to the scons-* mailing lists
  • Do not announce to external mailing lists!
  • Do not notify freshmeat.net!