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 1.2 change config/jedit.html to reflect pmd-jedit release 1.2 change the build.xml to reflect pmd-jedit release 1.2 Create the binary release: ant release move the zip file into c:\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_2" pmd-jedit rmdir /q /s c:\tmp\pmd-jedit mkdir c:\tmp\pmd-jedit cvs -q export -d c:\tmp\pmd-jedit -r pmd_jedit_release_1_2 pmd-jedit copy pmd-jedit\lib\PMDJEditPlugin-1.2.jar c:\tmp\pmd-jedit\lib cd c:\tmp "c:\program files\winzip\wzzip.exe" -r -p pmd-jedit-src-1.2.zip pmd-jedit rmdir /q /s pmd-jedit FTP the zip file to SF ftp upload.sourceforge.net generic userid/password: anonymous/tom@infoether.com cd incoming bin put pmd-jedit-src-1.2.zip put pmd-jedit-bin-1.2.zip Go to Admin, Edit/Release Files, click on Add new release Paste stuff into the changelog/readme boxes Add the pmd-jedit-src-1.2.zip file Add the pmd-jedit-bin-1.2.zip file Classify the file Submit some news saying "hey, new release of the JEdit plugin!" change config/pmd.props to reflect the next plugin version change jedit.html to reflect the next plugin version change build.xml to reflect the next plugin version