= Pre Release =
 1. Commit any pending translation updates
 2. Check there are no Blocker or Critical bugs targeted for this release
 3. Make sure the date and version number are correct in !ChangeLog, !ChangeLog.win32, !ChangeLog.API and po/ChangeLog
 4. Update NEWS
 5. Change version number at the top of configure.ac, set {{{purple_version_suffix}}} '''and''' {{{gnt_version_suffix}}} to {{{[betaN]}}} for betas and {{{[]}}} for a full release
 6. Check pidgin.spec.in, make sure that "%define beta 7" is commented/uncommented appropriately
 7. Run '{{{make distcheck}}}' and try to find crazy people to fix any problems it turns up
 8. Make a test tarball and RPM and test to make sure everything works

= Release =
 1. Tag the repository.
{{{
TAG=v2.0.0beta7 # for example
mtn tag $REVISION $TAG
}}}
 2. Check out the tagged code
{{{
mtn -d $DATABASE co im.pidgin.pidgin -r $TAG pidgin-$VERSION
}}}
 3. Run {{{./autogen.sh}}}
 4. Run {{{make dist}}}
 5. Run {{{gzip -d -c pidgin-$VERSION.tar.gz | bzip2 > pidgin-$VERSION.tar.bz2}}}
 6. Sign the two tarballs
{{{
gpg -ab pidgin-$VERSION.tar.gz
gpg -ab pidgin-$VERSION.tar.bz2
gpg --verify pidgin-$VERSION.tar.gz.asc pidgin-$VERSION.tar.gz
gpg --verify pidgin-$VERSION.tar.bz2.asc pidgin-$VERSION.tar.bz2
}}}
 7. Build the SRPM
{{{
rpmbuild -ta --sign --with avahi --with dbus --with meanwhile \
    --with sasl --with silc --with tcl pidgin-$VERSION.tar.bz2
}}}
 8. Upload the two tarballs, the two signatures, and the src.rpm
 9. Make RPMs for lots of distributions and upload them
  a. Install the src.rpm
{{{
rpm -Uvh pidgin-$VERSION-0.src.rpm
}}}
  b. Edit $rpmbuild/SPECS/pidgin.spec and append the distro name to the end of the Release line.  For example, ".fc5"
  c. Build
{{{
rpmbuild -ba --sign --with avahi --with dbus --with meanwhile \
    --with sasl --with silc --with tcl $rpmbuild/SPECS/pidgin.spec
}}}
 10. Wait a few hours and let people test.
 11. Update the Pidgin website
  a. Change inc/version.inc.php (only for full releases, not for betas)
  b. Add a news posting to htdocs/news.txt
 12. Announce via sourceforge

= Post Release =
 1. Increment version number in configure.ac & set purple_version_suffix and gnt_version_suffix to [dev]
 2. Update freshmeat.net
 3. Update #pidgin topic and on-join message