Release v2.3.0

[Jovasa]

Before the release

• Check BD-rates between previous and this release

During release

• Do these on a Linux box
  • Check if configure.ac version needs increasing.
  • Run make docs in case it wasn't run when --help was changed.
  • Update global.h version, run make docs, commit.
  • Run make distcheck to find possible problems in the tarball
  • Tag release in format "vX.Y.Z", to ensure we don't accidentally make dist tarbal with wrong version.
  • Add dist-tarbal to the release.
  • git checkout ${version} && ./autogen.sh && ./configure && make dist
• Add 64 and 32 bit Windows binaries to the release
• Check that nothing major is missing from the release notes.
• Push tag, write name of tag in release draft ensuring it already exists, press "Publish Release".

After release

• Make a draft for next release.
• Make a new milestone for a release, such that we always have at least the next two releases for tagging issues to milestones.
• Move issues that were not fixed in this release to next one.
• Close old milestone.
• Make an issue for next the release and copy this checklist to it.