-To make a public release of nmh (we'll use version 1.0.4 and my mhost.com
-account, danh, as examples here):
+To make a public release of nmh (we'll use version 1.5 as the example
+here; the convention for release candidates is to use something like
+"1.5-RC1"):
+
+ 1. % echo 1.5 > VERSION
+ % date +"%e %B %Y" > DATE
+ (DATE should contain something like "30 December 2000")
+
+ 2. % git commit VERSION DATE; git push
+
+ 3. % git tag -a 1.5 -m 'Releasing nmh-1.5.'
+
+ Note that the new convention for tagging is to simply tag with the
+ version number (tag formats in the past have varied).
+
+ 4. % make distcheck
+
+ If you want to check the distribution build with some particular
+ configure options, set the DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS variable.
+ E.g.:
+
+ % make distcheck DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=--with-cyrus-sasl
+
+ 5. If all is well and your tarball is final, go back to your workspace and do: