- setup release date in docs/changelog to today manually - checkout master branch [ x check if date is correct in docs/changelog x ensure all unittests work - requires (wrong/outdated) versionfile! x compile manpages x compile speeches ] [ x add manpages to website repo x add speeches to website repo x rsync cdist docs to website repo & add to website repo x create blog entry & add to website repo ] - upload website - fix latest link for manpages - send mail to mailinglist - create PKGBUILD for archlinux release - create git tag / read description - if necessary create version branch - change to version branch and merge master branch - update git repos - update website from repo - create release on freecode x create versionfile x make pypi release x make archlinux release manual last steps: - announce on linkedin - announce on twitter