[banshee/better-now-playing: 13/16] [extras] Add README.releasing file

[Alex Launi <alexlauni src gnome org>]

commit 4838817771c6379986e8f93de06de57dec4d9803
Author: Gabriel Burt <gabriel burt gmail com>
Date:   Wed May 26 15:47:38 2010 -0700

    [extras] Add README.releasing file

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+To make a release:
+
+Pre-release:
+* Update NEWS
+* Bump version in configure.ac (don't forget the display version)
+* Update AUTHORS
+* Update banshee.doap
+* Run `make distcheck`
+* Commit everything
+
+Release:
+* Run the `extras/make-release` script
+  + Add --unstable if appropriate
+  + Note that this makes the tag, adds the version to bugzilla,
+    and uploads the tarballs.
+
+Post-release:
+* Update the website
+  + Copy the last release notes, update and copy from NEWS
+    - Set sort order, parent, and slug
+  + Update Downloads/Archives page, adding entry for this release
+  + Add a new blog post, uncategorized, tag 'news'
+* For stable releases, ssh bansheeweb bpo, update download.banshee-project.org/release-info/banshee
+  + This is used by the website to know what the latest release is
+* Send announce e-mail
+  + To: banshee-list gnome org, gnome-announce-list gnome org, mono-announce-list lists ximian com