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commit ce5a7248a1eda88c33d0e7ab50c37efd6b1570de
Author: Paul Ramsey <pramsey at cleverelephant.ca>
Date:   Fri Sep 27 15:48:20 2019 -0700

    Reorganize release directions

diff --git a/HOWTO_RELEASE b/HOWTO_RELEASE
index 6c1a477..a94f044 100644
--- a/HOWTO_RELEASE
+++ b/HOWTO_RELEASE
@@ -1,49 +1,44 @@
-1. Verify that the versions currently set (see 10 and 11 below) make
+1. Verify that the versions currently set in Version.txt
    sense for this release.
 
+    - GEOS_VERSION_PATCH
+    - GEOS_VERSION_MINOR
+    - GEOS_VERSION_MAJOR
+
+    - CAPI_INTERFACE_CURRENT
+    - CAPI_INTERFACE_REVISION
+    - CAPI_INTERFACE_AGE
+
+    Always increase the revision value.
+    Increase the current value whenever an interface has been added, removed or changed.
+    Increase the age value only if the changes made to the ABI are backward compatible.
+
 2. Run 'make distcheck', fix any problem with it.
 
 3. Update the NEWS file (extract most important things from the
-   repository log). Make sure to update the release date
+   repository log). Make sure to update the release date.
 
 4. Commit the changes in the NEWS file.
 
 5. Tag the release:
+
    $ git tag MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH
+   $ git push --follow-tags
 
 6. Run 'make dist-bzip2'.
+
    $ ./autogen.sh && ./configure && make dist-bzip2
 
-7. Verify that you can unpack and build the tarball
+7. Verify that you can un-pack and build the tarball.
 
 8. Copy the tarball to upload.osgeo.org:/osgeo/download/geos
 
-9. Increment all the version numbers for the next release, as below.
-
-10. Increment CAPI_INTERFACE_X in configure.ac
-    - For a release with no interface changes just bump REVISION.
-      [ Even if *nothing* changed in CAPI ]
-    - Adding interfaces, bump CURRENT/AGE, set REVISION to 0.
-    - Deleting interfaces / compatibility issues - bump CURRENT, others to zero
-      [ THIS MUST BE CAREFULLY AVOIDED ]
-
-11. Increment release versions in Version.txt
-
-      - GEOS_VERSION_PATCH
-      - GEOS_VERSION_MINOR
-      - GEOS_VERSION_MAJOR
-
-      - CAPI_INTERFACE_CURRENT
-      - CAPI_INTERFACE_REVISION
-      - CAPI_INTERFACE_AGE
+9. Increment all the version numbers for the next release (described in 1 above).
 
-      Always increase the revision value.
-      Increase the current value whenever an interface has been added, removed or changed.
-      Increase the age value only if the changes made to the ABI are backward compatible.
+10. Update wiki page https://trac.osgeo.org/geos/ at Download section
 
-12. Update wiki page https://trac.osgeo.org/geos/ at Download section
     - Add latest release
     - Remove previos patch level release (if any)
 
-13. Announce
+11. Announce on geos-devel
 

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Summary of changes:
 HOWTO_RELEASE | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)


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