How to build a Koha release -- list of reminders for RMs Update and document the translations Install and test the translations Upload the translations to translate.koha.org Update the release notes (look at git logs for major improvements) Alter the VERSION string in Makefile.PL and comment out VERSION_FROM run perl Makefile.PL and then make manifest tardist Sign, MD5 the release, upload: put the tarball its own dir run the following $ md5sum * >koha-3.00.00-alpha.tar.gz.MD5 $ gpg --clearsign koha-3.00.00-alpha.tar.gz.MD5 $ cat koha-3.00.00-alpha.tar.gz.MD5.asc $ gpg --detach-sign koha-3.00.00-alpha.tar.gz $ scp * download.koha.org Tag the Release: From a clone of the RM repo, run: $ git tag -a -m "version 3.00.00 beta" v3.00.00-beta $ git push --tags From the gitweb repo, issue: $ git fetch --tags * update the website, trigger the change * email the list