1) Do "make depend" if necessary 2) "make check"!!! 3) Use "git log" to assemble release notes and update RELEASE-NOTES symlink. 4) Update files which contain version information version.h README e2fsprogs.lsm e2fsprogs.spec doc/libext2fs.texinfo (three places) 5) Run "(cd po; make e2fsprogs.pot-update)" to update the translation template. 6) Make source tarfile 7) Adjust sizes in e2fsprogs-VER.lsm; rebuild source files; regenerate source tarfile