GNOME Software Release Notes

Write release entries:

git log --format="%s" --cherry-pick --right-only 3.38.0... | grep -i -v trivial | grep -v Merge | sort | uniq
Add any user visible changes into data/appdata/org.gnome.Software.appdata.xml.in

Generate NEWS file:
appstream-util appdata-to-news ../data/appdata/org.gnome.Software.appdata.xml.in > NEWS

git commit -a -m "Release version 3.38.1"
git tag -s 3.38.1 -m "==== Version 3.38.1 ===="
<enter password>

ninja-build dist
git push --tags
git push

scp meson-dist/*.tar.xz rhughes@master.gnome.org:
ssh rhughes@master.gnome.org
ftpadmin install gnome-software-*.tar.xz

Post release version bump in meson.build

git commit -a -m "trivial: Post release version bump"
git push