Xfce Release How To

Please see https://docs.xfce.org/contribute/dev/start for an up to date documentation!

Considerations before releasing

Are the translations up to date, are the translator aware of you going to release.
All patches are applied and all known critical bugs fixed.
Do you have the feeling: “Yes, this code ready to be released upon the world, everyone should be able to enjoy it”? ;)

Edit the configure script template configure.in.in or configure.ac.in.
Set the package version (<package>_version_major, <package>_version_minor and <package>_version_micro) to the version you want to release.
Remove git from <package>_version_tag.
Check the build dependencies.

Run ./autogen.sh
Run make distcheck
Check auto generated files: INSTALL, COPYING
If at this stage everything works, run git commit -m 'Updates for release'
Now you are ready to tag the current master:
```
git tag -a <package>-<version> # e.g. xfce4-power-manager-1.3.2
git push && git push --tags
```
You can sign tags with a GPG key by adding an additional parameter to the git tag command. For more information about tagging read the git-tag manual.
Now you can release the package using the xfce release manager. Folow the instructions on that site.