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a) Make sure the source tree is in a releasable state ;-)
+ - is the AUTHORS file up to date?
b) Make sure you have working versions of GNU autoconf and GNU automake
installed on the system you use for generating the release:
m) Write an announcement to the mailing list, freshmeat, Twitter, ...
-n) Relax :-)
+n) Update the list of releases in our bug tracker.
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+o) Relax :-)