Steps for making a new release

1. Make sure all stable PRs scheduled for the release are merged
2. Bump version in CMakeLists.txt
3. cmake release -D...
4. cd release && ninja test
5. date the release in History.txt and make a release commit "Relase X.Y"
6. git tag -s vX.Y # include changes in comment
7. merge master into release branch

ready to publish

1. git push
2. git push --tags vX.Y

announce

1. Send annoucement email to: [email protected] and [email protected], including:

• general description
• main new features with link to full changelist
• link to download page

1. Update irc topic
2. Update Arch Linux package (possibly others..)