Add release instructions for the project

RELEASING

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+releasing Active Merchant
+
+1. Get the gem-private_key.pem from Cody and store it chmod 660 somewhere safe
+2. Check the Semantic Versioning page for info on how to version the new release: http://semver.org
+3. Update the version of Active Merchant in lib/active_merchant/version.rb and in activemerchant.gemspec
+4. Add a CHANGELOG entry for the new release with the date
+5. Commit the changes with a commit message like "Packaging for release X.Y.Z"
+6. Tag the release with the version (Leave REV blank for HEAD or provide a SHA)
+  $ git tag vX.Y.Z REV
+7. Push out the changes
+  $ git push
+8. Push out the tags
+  $ git push --tags
+9. Publish the Gem to gemcutter
+  $ rake release GEM_PRIVATE_KEY=/path/to/private/key

Rakefile

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Rake::GemPackageTask.new(spec) do |p|
 end
 
 desc "Release the gems and docs to RubyForge"
-task :release => [ 'gemcutter:publish', 'rubyforge:publish', 'rubyforge:upload_rdoc' ]
+task :release => [ 'gemcutter:publish' ]
 
 namespace :gemcutter do
   desc "Publish to gemcutter"
@@ -57,32 +57,6 @@ namespace :gemcutter do
   end
 end
 
-namespace :rubyforge do
-
-  desc "Publish the release files to RubyForge."
-  task :publish => :package do
-    require 'rubyforge'
-
-    packages = %w( gem tgz zip ).collect{ |ext| "pkg/activemerchant-#{ActiveMerchant::VERSION}.#{ext}" }
-
-    rubyforge = RubyForge.new
-    rubyforge.configure
-    rubyforge.login
-    rubyforge.add_release('activemerchant', 'activemerchant', "REL #{ActiveMerchant::VERSION}", *packages)
-  end
-
-  desc 'Upload RDoc to RubyForge'
-  task :upload_rdoc => :rdoc do
-    require 'rake/contrib/rubyforgepublisher'
-    user = ENV['RUBYFORGE_USER'] 
-    project = "/var/www/gforge-projects/activemerchant"
-    local_dir = 'doc'
-    pub = Rake::SshDirPublisher.new user, project, local_dir
-    pub.upload
-  end
-
-end
-
 namespace :gateways do
   desc 'Print the currently supported gateways'
   task :print do