How to make a release of isc: * Change the version number in the AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE macro in configure.in. * Change the version number in the AC_INIT macro in configure.in. * Update the year in all copyright statements. * Update README.DEVO, especially the versions of the various tools used. * Update NEWS if this is a full release. * Ensure that all documentation is up to date, or that README says that it isn't. * Write a note in ChangeLog. * Commit all code. * Run these commands to ensure that all generated files are up-to-date: ./bootstrap.sh ./configure make distcheck * Test the resulting archive on several architectures. If any problems are found, fix them, and start from the beginning. This step may be skipped if this is a snapshot release, or if there is no test suite written yet. * Set a CVS tag. Full release are tagged like this: cvs tag isc_0_99_final Snapshot releases are tagged like this: cvs tag isc_0_99_post_1 * Move the tar file to ftp://ftp.lysator.liu.se/pub/unix/isc/ aka /lysator/ftp/pub/unix/isc/ * Announce the release in the following forums: - The LysKOM conference "ISC internals".