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Replaced the release procedure with a new one that takes into account

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that we have translators that need some time for translating, not just
three days. Also added the definition of CVS tags and branches.
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This document describes step by step the release procedure of GNU
Midnight Commander.
${dotted_version} shall be replaced by something like 4.6
${underscore_version} shall be replaced by something like 4_6
Announce the intention to release the next version in both mailing lists
at least 3 days before the release date, unless it's a security release.
=== day 0 (translator's prerelease) ===
Update the working directory from CVS, review last-minute changes.
* Check out a fresh copy from the CVS repository.
Review the English version of the manual and fix it if necessary. Check
the date in the .TH macro of the English manual and update it if
significant changes have been done since the previous release.
* Update the translation files NOT to contain line number information.
Commit them.
* Tag the CVS tree as "MC_${underscore_version}_translators".
* Update the translation files to contain line number information.
DON'T commit them.
* Run "make dist".
* Upload the distribution tarballs and the individual translation files
somewhere where the translators can download it.
* Announce the availibility of the translator's prerelease on mc-devel.
Inform the translators of the prerelease.
Inform the developers of a fourteen-day "feature-freeze".
Make sure that all significant user-visible changes are in the NEWS
file. Group changes by topics to improve readability.
=== day 11 (reminder) ===
Update configure.ac with the new version.
* announce a reminder on mc-devel that the release will occur in three
days.
Make sure that maint/mctest covers most features of the current code and
run it in a clean working directory.
=== day 14 (official release) ===
Review files with stdout and stderr from every build. Make sure that
all warnings (if any) are caused by other software and cannot be avoided
without significant damage to the code.
* Review the English version of the manual and fix it if necessary.
Update the date in the .TH macro of the English manual.
* Update the NEWS file to contain all user-visible changes.
* Fix wrong formatting in the ChangeLog files.
* Set the version number in configure.ac to "${dotted_version}".
Commit it.
* Update the translation files NOT to contain line number information.
Commit them.
* Run the test suites maint/mctest and maint/mc-test and make sure
all warnings are ok.
* Tag the CVS tree as "MC_${underscore_version}_release".
* Create a CVS branch "MC_${underscore_version}".
* Run "make dist".
* Upload the resulting tarballs to the Savannah repository.
* Announce the new release on the mc-devel and mc mailing lists.
* Update the homepage.
Regenerate and commit po-files.
=== post-release actions ===
Tag CVS tree.
* Create binary packages from the uploaded tarballs as necessary.
Upload the resulting tarball and binary packages to login.ibiblio.org.
=== back to work ===
Change the homepage to mention the new version.
Announce the release in both mailing lists.
Bump the version in configure.ac.
* Discuss milestones for the next release on the mc-devel list.