To do a release:
- Update NEWS, configure.ac, and fetchmail.man, with release number & date.
- Run "perl dist-tools/makerelease.pl" - this entails "make distcheck".
- Commit all files to the VCS (Git).
- Tag the new release with a signed tag.
- Upload sig and tarball to ~/public_html/fetchmail/ and edit index.html
for the new files, NEWS, and the new release and last update.
- Upload sig and tarball to ftp.berlios.de:/incoming/ and release
- Upload lsm and tarball to ibiblio.org:/incoming/linux/
- Update the fetchmail website for version, link to release nodes
(update release_id) and last update, commit, and upload.
- Announce on freshmeat.