Before releasing a new version, go through this checklist: - check for patches from https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/pv - bump doc/VERSION - bump doc/lsm.in - check doc/NEWS.md is up to date - check manual is up to date - make indent; make indent indentclean - make update-po - make test - commit to repository - wipe build directory, re-run generate.sh and configure - make release - make manhtml | tidy -asxhtml | sed -e '1,//d' -e '/<\/body>/,$d' - update HTML for todo and news - copy and sign tar.gz to HTML directory (sig as both .asc and .txt) - submit new release to Sourceforge - upload HTML - check validator results for project page and manual