From cc00ef154ae273cb243d76e626662598a7b8d52b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2021 18:30:45 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] make-release: Add a release process checklist

Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
---
 make-release | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/make-release b/make-release
index 04dcedb7..fb894bc1 100755
--- a/make-release
+++ b/make-release
@@ -5,6 +5,17 @@
 # eg
 #    ./make-release --dry-run main
 
+
+# Overall release steps:
+#
+#  - ensure pretest == tested == main
+#  - edit CHANGELOG.md
+#  - update versions
+#  - make deploy and test that chiark still works
+#  - make-release
+#  - release announcement to mailing list
+#  - blog post
+
 #---------- argument parsing and options ----------
 
 set -e
-- 
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