Release Procedure

* update version info:

src/configure.ac CMakeLists.txt NEWS: "changes since " => "changes in " git commit -a

* check autotools build:

cd src ./bootstrap ./configure --enable-doc # also prepare for docs

doesn't run with -k; doc build asks for libavrdude.a :-]

make -k distcheck result: avrdude-.tar.gz

* build docs

cd [src/]doc make -k result: avrdude.pdf, avrdude-html/ keep them somewhere

* run CMake build

cd ../.. ./build.sh this is already tested by CI anyway

* git tag v

git push --tags

CI should prepare Github release now

* update version info:

src/configure.ac (add date tag after release name) NEWS: add template lines for "changes since " git commit -a git push

* update docs:

git checkout onlinedocs mkdir docs/ cd docs/ cp ../../src/doc/avrdude-html/* . cp ../../src/doc/avrdude.pdf . cd .. $EDITOR index.html add links to new /avrdude.html and /avrdude.pdf git add git add index.html git commit git push

cd .. git checkout main

* download source tarballs from Github release area

verify they are correct (unpack, and compare against local tree ...) gpg --sign --detach for the .zip and .tar.gz include GPG signatures in release assets