3 - Update NEWS, configure.ac, and fetchmail.man, with release number & date.
5 - Run "perl dist-tools/makerelease.pl" - this entails "make distcheck".
7 - Commit all files to the VCS (Git).
9 - Tag the new release with a signed tag.
11 - cd to ~/public_html/fetchmail and edit index.html for the new tarballs
12 and NEWS files and last update.
14 - These would be done automatically by makerelease.pl:
15 - Upload sig and tarball to ~/public_html/fetchmail/
16 - Upload sig and tarball to ftp.berlios.de:/incoming/ and release
17 - Upload lsm, sig and tarball to ibiblio.org:/incoming/linux/
19 - Update the fetchmail website for version, link to release nodes
20 (update release_id) and last update, commit, and upload.
22 - Announce on freshmeat.