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-Here are most of the steps we (maintainers) follow when making a release.
-
-* Start from a clean, up-to-date git directory on "master":
-
-    make -k maintainer-clean || { ./configure && make maintainer-clean; }
-    git checkout master
-    git pull origin master
-
-* Ensure that the latest stable versions of autoconf, automake, etc.
-  are in your PATH.  See the buildreq list in bootstrap.conf for
-  the complete list of tools.
-
-* Ensure that you have no uncommitted diffs.  This should produce no
-  output:
-
-    git diff
-
-* Ensure that you've pushed all changes that belong in the release:
-
-    git push origin master
-
-* Check that the NixOS/Hydra autobuilder is reporting all is well:
-
-    http://hydra.nixos.org/jobset/gnu/gzip-master
-
-* Run the following command to download any new translations:
-
-    ./bootstrap && ./configure
-
-* Pre-release testing: ensure that the following command succeeds:
-
-    make check syntax-check distcheck
-
-* To (i) set the date, version number, and release TYPE on line 3 of
-  NEWS, (ii) commit that, and (iii) tag the release, run
-
-    # "TYPE" must be stable, beta or alpha
-    make release-commit RELEASE='X.Y TYPE'
-
-* Run the following to create release tarballs.  Your choice selects the
-  corresponding upload-to destination in the emitted gnupload command.
-  The different destinations are specified in cfg.mk.  See the definitions
-  of gnu_ftp_host-{alpha,beta,stable}.
-
-    make release RELEASE='X.Y TYPE'
-
-* Test the tarball.  Copy it to a few odd-ball systems and ensure that
-  it builds and passes all tests.
-
-* While that's happening, write the release announcement that you will
-  soon post.  Start with the template, $HOME/announce-gzip-X.Y
-  that was just created by that "make" command.
-
-Once all the builds and tests have passed,
-
-* Run the gnupload command that was suggested by your "make release"
-  run above, or run
-
-    make upload RELEASE='X.Y TYPE'
-
-* Wait a few minutes (maybe up to 30?) and then use the release URLs to
-  download all tarball/signature pairs and use gpg --verify to ensure
-  that they're all valid.
-
-* Push the NEWS-updating changes and the new tag:
-
-    v=$(cat .prev-version)
-    git push origin master tag v$v
-
-* Announce it on Savannah first, so you can include the savannah.org
-  announcement link in the email message.
-
-  Go to the news-submission form:
-
-    https://savannah.gnu.org/news/submit.php?group=gzip
-
-  If it does not work, then enable "News" for the project via this link:
-
-    https://savannah.gnu.org/project/admin/editgroupfeatures.php?group=gzip
-
-  Write something like the following:
-
-    Subject: gzip-X.Y released [stable]
-    +verbatim+
-    ...paste the announcement here...
-    -verbatim-
-
-  Then go here to approve it:
-
-    https://savannah.gnu.org/news/approve.php?group=gzip
-
-* Send the announcement email message.
-
-* After each non-alpha release, run
-
-    make web-manual-update
-
-  to update the on-line manual accessible at
-
-    http://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/manual/