directories and the top level Makefile and configure files. Also
consider updating the toplevel libtool files.
+-------------------------------------------------
+How to create the release branch.
+-------------------------------------------------
+
Approx time to complete from here: 2 hours ....
2.5 If you have not built from the sources recently then now is the
architectures...
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+==============================================================================
+
+For the next few weeks, monitor the mailing list for new translations
+and respond to any requests to have patches applied to the branch.
+
+==============================================================================
+==============================================================================
-When the time comes to actually make the release....
+Then, a couple of weeks later ...
+-------------------------------------------------
+How to create the release.
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20. Make sure that the branch sources still build, test and install
correctly. Make sure that the sources are clean, without any