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commit 73350d85aa4dd1f47d09312ec083fe8438ca0c8f
Author: Regina Obe <lr at pcorp.us>
Date:   Mon Jul 20 02:46:43 2026 -0400

    Adjustments to developer docs
    Link to developer docs and CI
    from main README.md

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index def16ec89..2255fc92f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,9 +5,17 @@ Actual readme is [here](README.postgis).
 https://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/
 
 ## Build status and continuous integration:
+[CI Status](https://postgis.net/ci/)
+
 See the GitHub Actions workflows, OSGeo Woodie pipelines, and the CI scripts in
-the `ci/` directory. Developer setup notes are in
-[doc/development](https://gitea.osgeo.org/postgis/postgis/src/branch/master/doc/development/).
+the `ci/` directory.
+
+## Developer's Guide
+
+Developer setup notes are in
+[doc/development](https://gitea.osgeo.org/postgis/postgis/src/branch/master/doc/development/) if you want to contribute to them.
+
+These are also viewable at [PostGIS Development Guide](https://postgis.net/development/docs/).
 
 ## Translations
 We are using [Weblate software](https://weblate.org) for translation.  If you want to help out, log into [OSGeo Weblate](https://weblate.osgeo.org/projects/postgis/).
diff --git a/doc/development/contributing.md b/doc/development/contributing.md
index 9576e24ed..58c265251 100644
--- a/doc/development/contributing.md
+++ b/doc/development/contributing.md
@@ -70,8 +70,7 @@ of implementation time.
 
 ## First Contribution Path
 
-1. Fork a public mirror such as <https://github.com/postgis/postgis> or clone
-   the canonical OSGeo repository directly.
+1. Fork a public repo listed in [Source Code Repository](https://postgis.net/development/source_code/).
 2. Build the tree with the setup documented in [Ubuntu setup](environment/ubuntu.md)
    or [Docker development environment](environment/docker.md).
 3. Create a branch with a name that describes the ticket, function, or topic.

commit 2e2e5c329fa91defafb89a9535a1a876cfee65ce
Author: Regina Obe <lr at pcorp.us>
Date:   Mon Jul 20 02:22:07 2026 -0400

    Prep for 3.7.0beta1 release
    
     - Update version and date
     - Remove doc/rfcs and doc/rfcs from tarball

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 724f0bbe6..035c99bbe 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PostGIS 3.7.0beta1
-2026/07/xx
+2026/07/20
 
 This version requires GEOS 3.10+, PostgreSQL 14-19beta1, Proj 6.1+, libgmp.
 To take advantage of all features postgis extension features, GEOS 3.15+ is needed.
diff --git a/Version.config b/Version.config
index 5576a8572..28fd7b2fe 100644
--- a/Version.config
+++ b/Version.config
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 POSTGIS_MAJOR_VERSION=3
 POSTGIS_MINOR_VERSION=7
-POSTGIS_MICRO_VERSION=0dev
+POSTGIS_MICRO_VERSION=0beta1
 
 # Liblwgeom interface versioning, reset to 0:0:0 (cur:age:rev)
 # when changing POSTGIS_MINOR_VERSION
diff --git a/make_dist.sh b/make_dist.sh
index 24e3161fb..2f2f5349d 100755
--- a/make_dist.sh
+++ b/make_dist.sh
@@ -60,10 +60,12 @@ cd $outdir && git checkout $tag && cd -
 echo "Removing make_dist.sh"
 rm -fv "$outdir"/make_dist.sh
 
-echo "Removing developer docs and top-level AGENTS.md"
+echo "Removing developer docs, ai skills, and top-level AGENTS.md"
 rm -rfv \
   "$outdir"/AGENTS.md \
-  "$outdir"/doc/development
+  "$outdir"/doc/development \
+  "$outdir"/doc/skills \
+  "$outdir"/doc/rfc
 
 echo "Removing ci files"
 rm -rfv \
@@ -180,6 +182,11 @@ if tar -tf "${package}.tar" | grep -Fxq "${outdir}/AGENTS.md"; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
+if tar -tf "${package}.tar" | grep -Fxq "${outdir}/doc/skills/"; then
+  echo "Forbidden path in source distribution: ${outdir}/doc/skills/"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 # Compress
 gzip -n9 < ${package}.tar > ${package} || exit 1
 rm ${package}.tar

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Summary of changes:
 NEWS                            |  2 +-
 README.md                       | 12 ++++++++++--
 Version.config                  |  2 +-
 doc/development/contributing.md |  3 +--
 make_dist.sh                    | 11 +++++++++--
 5 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)


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