Release checklist: release=0.10 git clone https://github.com/json-c/json-c json-c-${release} cd json-c-${release} Check that the compile works on Linux Check that the compile works on Windows Check ChangeLog to see if anything should be added. git branch json-c-${release} git checkout json-c-${release} sh autogen.sh XXX doxygen XXX Add generated files to git? cd .. tar czf json-c-${release}.tar.gz json-c-${release} XXX upload tarball to ??? =================================== Post-release checklist: git branch master Add new section to CHANGES Update the version in Doxyfile Update the version in configure.in Update the libjson_la_LDFLAGS line in Makefile.am to the new version. http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/manual/html_node/Updating-version-info.html