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+Releasing a New Monitoring Plugins Version
+==========================================
+
+Throughout this document, it is assumed that the current Monitoring
+Plugins version is 2.2.1, and that we're about to publish version 2.3.
+
+Before you start
+----------------
+
+- Check Travis CI status.
+- Update local Git repository to the current `master` tip.  For a
+  maintenance release (e.g., version 2.2.2), update to the current
+  `maint-2.2` tip, instead.
+
+Prepare and commit files
+------------------------
+
+- Update `NEWS` from `git log --reverse v2.2.1..` output, and specify
+  the release version/date.
+- Update `configure.ac` and `NP-VERSION-GEN` with new version.
+- Update `AUTHORS` if there are new team members.
+- Update `THANKS.in`:
+
+    tools/update-thanks
+
+- Commit the results:
+
+    git commit configure.ac NP-VERSION-GEN AUTHORS THANKS.in
+
+Create annotated tag
+--------------------
+
+    git tag -a v2.3 -m v2.3
+
+Push the code and tag to GitHub
+-------------------------------
+
+    git push monitoring-plugins master
+    git push monitoring-plugins v2.3
+
+Create new maintenance branch
+-----------------------------
+
+_Only necessary when creating a feature release._
+
+    git checkout -b maint-2.3 v2.3
+    git push -u monitoring-plugins maint-2.3
+
+Checkout new version
+--------------------
+
+    rm -rf /tmp/plugins
+    git archive --prefix=tmp/plugins/ v2.3 | (cd /; tar -xf -)
+
+Build the tarball
+-----------------
+
+    cd /tmp/plugins
+    tools/setup
+    ./configure
+    make dist
+
+Upload tarball to our web site
+------------------------------
+
+    scp monitoring-plugins-2.3.tar.gz \
+        plugins@orwell.monitoring-plugins.org:web/download/
+
+Generate SHA1 checksum files on web site
+----------------------------------------
+
+    ssh plugins@orwell.monitoring-plugins.org \
+        '(cd web/download; \
+          $HOME/bin/create-checksum monitoring-plugins-2.3.tar.gz)'
+
+Announce new release
+--------------------
+
+- In the site.git repository,
+
+    - create `web/input/news/release-2-3.md`,
+    - update the `plugins_release` version in `web/macros.py`, and
+
+    git add web/input/news/release-2-3.md
+    git commit web/input/news/release-2-3.md web/macros.py
+    git push origin master
+
+- Post an announcement on (at least) the following mailing lists:
+
+    - <announce@monitoring-plugins.org>
+    - <help@monitoring-plugins.org> (set `Reply-To:` to this one)
+
+- Ask the social media department to announce the release on Twitter :-)
+
+If you want to mention the number of contributors in the announcement:
+
+    git shortlog -s v2.2.1..v2.3 | wc -l
+
+# vim:set filetype=markdown textwidth=72: