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+NOTES ON RELEASING NEW VERSION OF NAGIOSPLUG
+
+svn update in main area
+. tools/devmode, if feeling adventurous
+check compilation, check tinderbox screens
+
+Update BUGS, NEWS file
+Update AUTHORS if new members
+Update configure.in and package.def with version
+Run svn2cl (get from http://ch.tudelft.nl/~arthur/svn2cl):
+svn2cl.sh --break-before-msg --reparagraph -i http://nagiosplug.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/nagiosplug/nagiosplug/trunk
+commit BUGS NEWS configure.in package.def ChangeLog
+
+svn copy http://nagiosplug.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/nagiosplug/nagiosplug/trunk 
+http://nagiosplug.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/nagiosplug/nagiosplug/tags/release-1.4.10
+
+checkout new version:
+cd /tmp
+rm -fr nagiosplug
+svn export http://nagiosplug.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/nagiosplug/nagiosplug/tags/release-1.4.10 nagiosplug
+cd nagiosplug
+tools/setup
+./configure
+make dist
+
+sftp upload.sf.net
+cd uploads
+put file
+
+SF -> Submit News about release. Make sure it is called "Nagios Plugins" (with those caps)
+Link to download at http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=29880
+Include contents of NEWS for this release
+List all people on team involved. 
+Add acknowledgement to contributors
+Submit. Get URL to news item
+
+SF -> Admin -> File Releases
+Add a release to nagiosplug and create a file release
+Name: 1.4.1 
+Create release
+Step 1: Add release notes pointing to news item
+Step 2: add file
+Step 3: *.tar.gz, Platform Independent, Source .gz
+Step 4: Send notice
+
+Send email to nagiosplug-help, nagios-announce with the news text
+Add a news item to http://nagiosplugins.org