Before releasing a new version, go through this checklist: - check for patches from https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/pv - bump version in configure.ac and doc/NEWS.md - check doc/NEWS.md is up to date - check manual is up to date - make indent; make indent indentclean - make update-po - make check - commit to repository - wipe build directory, re-run autoreconf and configure - make release MAINTAINER= - 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) - upload HTML