[ ] 1 update doc files: relnotes.txt, CREDITS, docs/known_issues.txt, NEWS. Add release name and date to top-most item in NEWS.
[ ] 2 change docs/quickstart.html to point to just the current allmydata-tahoe-X.Y.Z.zip source code file, or else to point to a directory which contains only allmydata-tahoe-X.Y.Z.* source code files
[ ] 3 darcs pull
[ ] 4 make tag
[ ] 5 build locally to make sure the release is reporting itself as the intended version
[ ] 6 make sure buildbot is green
[ ] 7 make sure other people aren't committing at that moment
[ ] 8 push tag along with some other documentation-only patch (typically to relnotes.txt) to trigger buildslaves
[ ] 9 make sure buildbot is green
[ ] 10 make sure debs got built and uploaded properly
[ ] 11 make sure a sumo sdist tarball got built and uploaded properly
[ ] 12 symlink the release tarball on tahoe-lafs.org: /var/www/source/tahoe-lafs/releases/
[ ] 13 update Wiki: front page news, news, old news, parade of release notes