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INSPIRED FROM AMAROK ONE

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SECTION 1: Preparation

* Update CHANGELOG file
* Bump Version Number (in the CMakeLists.txt file)
* Commit the source to GIT

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SECTION 2: Creating and Testing the Tarball

* Run the "release_script.sh"
    VERSION=qualcosina
    git tag -s $VERSION
    git archive --prefix=rekonq-$VERSION/ $VERSION | bzip2 > releases/rekonq-$VERSION.tar.bz2

* Test package with current KDE version:
* Optionally add docs and translations.
* Test package with docs AND translations added
* Check it works OK without any rekonq files in ~/.kde

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SECTION 4: The Release Day

* Add new version to Bugzilla
* Push tarball to sf repository
* Update sf rekonq site
* Update kde-apps.org
* Update IRC channel topic
* Announce on mailing list
* Blog about!

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