Producing A Release

The following lists the steps involved in preparing a new release of the NST.

• Manual Package Updates

• Update The Welcome Page

• Do a Sanity Check

• Review Default Configuration

• Check The RELEASE Values

• Update The Change Log

• Commit All Source

• Tag Source For Release

• Build Initial Release Set

• Check Release Information

• Boot Release

• Transfer to SourceForge

• Build and Upload NST Virtual Machine

• Update RELEASE

• Update Release Information in the Menus

• Build Release Documents

• Build Release PDFs

• Update Release Notes

• Start Next Release Section in Changelog

• Update/Add Manifest and Release Links

• Update Manifest

• Download And Verify MD5 Values

• Commit and Publish HTML Updates

• Make Announcements

• Grab a Beer