check if year in the copyright notice in README.md needs an update. mark "Fix committed" tickets as "resolved" in the bugtracker. update localisations using xgettext -k_ -kN_ --from-code utf-8 -o ./po/mat-gui.pot mat-gui.py ./data/mat.glade import localizations update changelog: git log -> CHANGELOG update version number (Don't be affraid to use -rc or -beta) libmat/mat.py -> __version__ = $VERSION setup.py -> __version__ = $VERSION commit release changes git commit CHANGELOG libmat/mat.py setup.py create a tag git tag -s $VERSION push the tag git push --tags archive's creation : git archive --format=tar.xz --prefix=mat-$VERSION/ $VERSION > mat-$VERSION.tar.xz signing: gpg --armor --detach-sign mat-$VERSION.tar.xz upload: https://mat.boum.org/files add changelog https://mat.boum.org/ add a new milestone on the bugtracker https://labs.riseup.net/code/projects/mat/settings/versions