SECTION 1: Preparation

 * Check the README file is still relevant
 * Run the "fixuifiles" script from the source-root
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SECTION 2: Creating and Testing the Tarball

 * Run the release_amarok.rb script; OR
   Follow the guide lines in appendix A
 * Test the following:

     $ ./configure && make
     $ ./configure --enable-final --disable-debug && make

 * Check it works OK without any amarok files in ~/.kde
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SECTION 3: Once Happy with the Tarball

 * Ftp the tarball to upload.sf.net/incoming
 * Use the admin system at sourceforge to register the release
 * Update the amarok.kde.org front-page before anything else!
 * Update kde-apps.org and freshmeat.net
 * Send a witty, intelligent and diligently crafted email to the following:

     To:  kde-announce@kde.org
     CC:  amarok-devel@lists.sf.net
     BCC: kde-extra-gear@kde.org, libvisual-devel@lists.sourceforge.net,
          kde-multimedia@kde.org, nmm-dev@graphics.cs.uni-sb.de,
          gstreamer-devel@lists.sourceforge.net,
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SECTION 4: After the Release

 If you must change anything about the tarball you need to email binner@kde.org
 because otherwise he gets annoyed that the md5 has changed.
 Generally it is not wise to change the tarball, it could annoy the entire
 open-source world!
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APPENDIX A

This is what the release_amarok script does:

 1. Checkout a fresh copy of amarok, its docs and po; cd into the root
 2. Update APP_VERSION in amarok/src/amarok.h
 3. Update the version in amarok/amarok.lsm
 4. $ cvs-clean; OR
    $ `find -name CVS -o -name .cvsignore -exec rm {} \;`
 5. $ export WANT_AUTOMAKE=1.6
 6. $ make -f Makefile.cvs
 7. $ rm -rf autom4te.cache config.h config.log
 8. $ pushd amarok; mv README TODO INSTALL ChangeLog AUTHORS ..; popd
 9. $ mv ../kdeextragear-1 ../amarok-VERSION
10. $ tar cjf ../amarok-VERSION.tar.bz2 ../amarok-VERSION
