diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0fa6965d..e09d9609 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -95,12 +95,12 @@ man: $(MANTYPEALL) $(MANREFALL) $(MANSTATICALL)
 # Manpages #5: release part
 MANWEBDIR=$(WEBBASE)/man/$(CHANGELOG_VERSION)
 
-man-dist: man
+man-dist: man check-date
 	rm -rf "${MANWEBDIR}"
 	mkdir -p "${MANWEBDIR}/man1" "${MANWEBDIR}/man7"
 	cp ${MAN1DSTDIR}/*.html ${MAN1DSTDIR}/*.css ${MANWEBDIR}/man1
 	cp ${MAN7DSTDIR}/*.html ${MAN7DSTDIR}/*.css ${MANWEBDIR}/man7
-	cd ${MANWEBDIR} && git add . && git commit -m "cdist manpages update: $(CHANGELOG_VERSION)"
+	cd ${MANWEBDIR} && git add . && git commit -m "cdist manpages update: $(CHANGELOG_VERSION)" || true
 
 man-release: web-release
 	# Fix ikiwiki, which does not like symlinks for pseudo security
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ web-release: web-dist man-dist speeches-dist
 ML_FILE=.lock-ml
 
 # Only send mail once - lock until new changelog things happened
-$(ML_FILE): $(CHANGELOG_FILE)
+$(ML_FILE): $(CHANGELOG_FILE) git-release web-release
 	$(helper) ml-release $(CHANGELOG_VERSION)
 	touch $@
 
@@ -201,7 +201,9 @@ git-checkout-current:
 $(VERSION_FILE): .git/refs/heads/* .git/refs/tags/* .git/HEAD
 	echo "VERSION = \"$$(git describe)\"" > $@
 
-git-release: git-tag git-branch-merge
+git-release: git-tag
+	make git-branch-merge
+	make git-checkout-current
 	make pub
 
 ################################################################################
@@ -212,10 +214,8 @@ PYPI_FILE=.lock-pypi
 pypi-release: $(PYPI_FILE)
 
 $(PYPI_FILE): man $(VERSION_FILE)
-	make git-checkout-stable
 	python3 setup.py sdist upload
 	touch $@
-	make git-checkout-current
 
 ################################################################################
 # archlinux
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ $(ARCHLINUXTAR): PKGBUILD pypi-release
 	makepkg -c --source
 
 PKGBUILD: PKGBUILD.in $(VERSION_FILE)
-	./PKGBUILD.in
+	./PKGBUILD.in $(CHANGELOG_VERSION)
 
 $(ARCHLINUX_FILE): $(ARCHLINUXTAR) $(VERSION_FILE)
 	burp -c system $(ARCHLINUXTAR)
@@ -241,12 +241,15 @@ archlinux-release: $(ARCHLINUX_FILE)
 
 CHECKS=check-date check-unittest
 
+check-unittest: $(VERSION_FILE)
+
 RELEASE=speeches-dist web-release
 RELEASE+=ml-release freecode-release
 RELEASE+=man-dist pypi-release git-release
 RELEASE+=archlinux-release
 
-release: $(CHECKS) $(RELEASE)
+#release: $(CHECKS) $(RELEASE)
+release: | $(CHECKS) man speeches
 	echo "Manual steps: linkedin, twitter"
 
 # Code that is better handled in a shell script
diff --git a/docs/changelog b/docs/changelog
index 98e021f9..9e1279ba 100644
--- a/docs/changelog
+++ b/docs/changelog
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ Changelog
 	* Changes are always commented with their author in (braces)
 	* Exception: No braces means author == Nico Schottelius
 
-2.2.0: 2013-07-11
-	* Build: Fixed several small issues in the Makefile
+2.2.0: 2013-07-12
+	* Build: Cleanup the Makefile
 	* Type __package_opkg: Use shortcut version
 	* Core: Remove old pseudo object id "singleton" (Steven Armstrong)
 
diff --git a/docs/dev/logs/2013-07-12.release b/docs/dev/logs/2013-07-12.release
index 1616505e..da4b296c 100644
--- a/docs/dev/logs/2013-07-12.release
+++ b/docs/dev/logs/2013-07-12.release
@@ -14,18 +14,19 @@
         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
+            x upload website
+                x fix latest link for manpages
+                    x send mail to mailinglist -> also requires git tag & git release
+                        x should also require web-release including blog!
 
         - 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 git tag / read description
+            t if necessary create version branch
+                x change to version branch and merge tag!
+                    x update git repos
+                        x update website from repo
+                            x create release on freecode
 
             x create versionfile
                 x make pypi release