update the release date in the changelog change config/pmd.props to reflect actual pmd.jar file version change config/pmd.props to reflect the new pmd-jedit release version. change config/jedit.html to reflect the new pmd-jedit release version. change the build.xml to reflect pmd-jedit release update doing_the_next_pmd_jedit_release.txt to the new release version comit the above changes FIRST!! Create the binary release - 'ant release' Unzip it into jedit.home/jars 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? 4) Does CPD work? 5) Check if the PMD Help shows correct data like Release notes, help/new features. Create the src release: cvs -q rtag -D tomorrow "pmd_jedit_release_2_3" pmd-jedit rm -rf ~/tmp/pmd-jedit mkdir -p ~/tmp/pmd-jedit cvs -q export -d tmp -r pmd_jedit_release_2_3 pmd-jedit mv tmp/* ~/tmp/pmd-jedit rmdir tmp/ cp pmd-jedit/PMDPlugin/lib/PMDPlugin.jar ~/tmp/pmd-jedit/PMDPlugin/lib copy other relevant libraries to ~/tmp/pmd-jedit/PMDPlugin/lib cd ~/tmp zip -q -r pmd-jedit-src-2.3.zip pmd-jedit rm -rf pmd-jedit ncftpput upload.sourceforge.net incoming/ pmd-jedit-src-2.3.zip pmd-jedit-bin-2.3.zip Go to Admin, Edit/Release Files, click on Add new release Paste stuff into the changelog/readme boxes Add the 2 zip files Classify the file Submit some news saying "hey, new release of the JEdit plugin!"