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Release checklist

New feature release

Update WhatsNew.txt
Bump version number to 2.EVEN.0:
- ./build-scripts/update-version.sh 2 EVEN 0
- (spaces between each component of the version, and EVEN will be a real number in real life.
Run test/versioning.sh to verify that everything is consistent
Do the release

New bugfix release

Check that no new API/ABI was added
- If it was, do a new feature release (see above) instead
Bump version number from 2.Y.Z to 2.Y.(Z+1) (Y is even)
- ./build-scripts/update-version.sh 2 Y Z+1
- (spaces between each component of the version, and Y and Z+1 will be real numbers in real life.
Run test/versioning.sh to verify that everything is consistent
Do the release

After a feature release

Create a branch like release-2.24.x
Bump version number to 2.ODD.0 for next development branch
- ./build-scripts/update-version.sh 2 ODD 0
- (spaces between each component of the version, and ODD will be a real number in real life.
Run test/versioning.sh to verify that everything is consistent

New development prerelease

Bump version number from 2.Y.Z to 2.Y.(Z+1) (Y is odd)
- ./build-scripts/update-version.sh 2 Y Z+1
- (spaces between each component of the version, and Y and Z+1 will be real numbers in real life.
Regenerate configure
Run test/versioning.sh to verify that everything is consistent
Do the release