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-Steps To Perform When Building a Public Release
-
-* "make distcheck"
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-* ./maketgz
- then upload the 3 curl packages maketgz created
-
-* update these files:
-  www/_download.html
-  www/_changes.html
-  www/_newslog.html
-  www/Makefile
-
-* commit the web changes
-
-* 'cvs commit'
-
-* 'cvs tag'
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-* write the release announcement, including:
-  - changes / bugfixes
-  - other curl-related news
-  - contributors
-
-* mail release-announcement to curl-announce and curl-users