update the release date in the changelog change config/pmd.props to reflect actual pmd.jar file version change config/pmd.props to reflect pmd-jedit release 1.5 change config/jedit.html to reflect pmd-jedit release 1.5 change the build.xml to reflect pmd-jedit release 1.5 Create the binary release: ant release move the zip file into ~/tmp TESTS: 1) Can you run jedit ok? 2) Can you run it it on a file and find some unused code? 3) Are options persistant? Create the src release: cvs -q rtag -D tomorrow "pmd_jedit_release_1_5" pmd-jedit rm -rf ~/tmp/pmd-jedit mkdir -p ~/tmp/pmd-jedit cvs -q export -d tmp -r pmd_jedit_release_1_5 pmd-jedit mv tmp/* ~/tmp/pmd-jedit cp pmd-jedit/lib/PMDJEditPlugin-1.5.jar ~/tmp/pmd-jedit/lib cd ~/tmp zip -q -r pmd-jedit-src-1.5.zip pmd-jedit rm -rf pmd-jedit FTP the zip file to SF ncftp upload.sourceforge.net cd incoming bin ncftpput upload.sourceforge.net incoming/ pmd-jedit-src-1.5.zip ncftpput upload.sourceforge.net incoming/ pmd-jedit-bin-1.5.zip Go to Admin, Edit/Release Files, click on Add new release Paste stuff into the changelog/readme boxes Add the pmd-jedit-src-1.5.zip file Add the pmd-jedit-bin-1.5.zip file Classify the file Submit some news saying "hey, new release of the JEdit plugin!"