Announce candidate release (fossology mailing list)
Create a tag in svn for the release candidate (e.g. tags/rc/0.6.5_rc1)
external & internal testing cycles with release candidate
Install on single test system (internal)
Initial sanity tests (internal)
Install on multiple test system (internal)
Multiple system/integration tests (internal)
Announce planned release (fossology mailing list)
Increment version number in makefile.conf file (svn)
Update changelog (svn)
Tag release (svn)
Create initial tarball from svn
Update release notes (Dokuwiki)
Update documentation (Dokuwiki, README, etc)
Install on public running instance (external / r.f.o)
Announce release (fossology, fossbazaar)
Update fossology.org front page, update development status