Pre Release

1. Make sure the date and version number are correct in ChangeLog, ChangeLog.win32, ChangeLog.API and po/ChangeLog
2. Update NEWS
3. Grab the most recent FAQ from the web site
4. Change version number at the top of configure.ac
5. Check gaim.spec.in, make sure that "%define beta 4" is commented/uncommented appropriately
6. Make a test tarball and RPM and test to make sure everything works

Release

1. Tag the repository

   svn copy https://svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/gaim/branches/v2_0_0 \
       https://svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/gaim/tags/$TAG \
       -m "Tagging Gaim release $VERSION"
   

2. Check out the tagged code

   svn co https://svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/gaim/tags/$TAG gaim
   

3. Run ./autogen.sh
4. Run make dist
5. Copy gaim-$VERSION.tar.gz to a temp directory, gunzip it, then bzip2 it
6. Sign the two tarballs

   gpg -ab gaim-$VERSION.tar.gz
   gpg -ab gaim-$VERSION.tar.bz2
   gpg --verify gaim-$VERSION.tar.gz.asc gaim-$VERSION.tar.gz
   gpg --verify gaim-$VERSION.tar.bz2.asc gaim-$VERSION.tar.bz2
   

7. Build the SRPM

   rpmbuild -ta --sign --with avahi --with dbus --with meanwhile \
       --with sasl --with silc --with tcl gaim-$VERSION.tar.bz2
   

8. Update the two tarballs, the two signatures, and the src.rpm
9. Make RPMs for lots of distributions and upload them
10. Wait a few hours and let people test.
11. Update the Gaim website
    1. Change inc/version.inc.php
    2. Add a news posting to htdocs/news.txt
12. Announce via sourceforge

Post Release

1. Increment version number in libgaim/version.h
2. Update freshmeat.net