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# What to do on a release

- Add new version number to `/NEWS` and `/NEWS.ja` and describe updates.
- `make release` to update version numbers and create tarballs.
  - Fix the new version number based on the rule above and update `/VERSION`.
  - Update version numbers in source code(`/twittering-mode.el`).
  - Update version numbers on web pages(`/doc/web/index.text`).
  - Change the version number in `/VERSION` to next (expected) version number.
- Make a tag `v<VERSION>`
- Upload new source files to souceforge.net
- Publish web pages(`cd doc/web; make upload`).
- Release announce on MLs.
- Release announce on freshmeat.net.
- Release announce on Twitter.
