Procedure for making a GF release: 1. Make sure everything the should be in the release has been checked in. 2. Go to the src/ dir. $ cd src 3. Edit configure.ac to set the right version number (the second argument to the AC_INIT macro). 4. Edit gf.spec to set the version and release numbers (change %define version and %define release). 5. Commit configure.ac and gf.spec: $ cvs commit -m 'Updated version numbers.' configure.ac gf.spec 6. Go back to the root of the tree. $ cd .. 7. Tag the release. (X_X should be replaced by the version number, with _ instead of ., e.g. 2_0) $ cvs tag RELEASE-X_X 8. Build a source package: $ cd src $ ./configure $ make dist 9. Build an x86/linux RPM (should be done on a Mandrake Linux box): $ cd src $ ./configure $ make rpm 10. Build a generic binary x86/linux (should be done on a Linux box, e.g. banded.medic.chalmers.se): $ cd src $ ./configure --host=i386-pc-linux-gnu $ make binary-dist 11. Build a generic binary sparc/solaris package (should be done on a Solaris box, e.g. remote1.cs.chalmers.se): $ cd src $ ./configure --host=sparc-sun-solaris2 $ make binary-dist 12. Build a Mac OS X package: ??? 13. Build a Windows package: ??? 14. Update website. 15. Party!