update the release date in the changelog change config/pmd.props to reflect actual pmd.jar file version Create the binary release: ant release rename it to pmd-jedit-bin-0.1.zip Create the src release: cvs add -kb PMDJEditPlugin-0.1.jar // FOR 0.2 release: cvs rm PMDJEditPlugin-0.1.jar cvs ci -m "adding new jar, removing old one" cd c:\data\pmd-jedit cvs rtag -D tomorrow "pmd_jedit_release_0_1" pmd-jedit rmdir /q /s c:\tmp\pmd-jedit mkdir c:\tmp\pmd-jedit cvs export -d c:\tmp\pmd-jedit -r pmd_jedit_release_0_1 pmd-jedit zip it up, rename it to pmd-jedit-src-0.1.zip unzip binary release into c:\jedit TESTS: 1) Can you run jedit ok? 3) Can you run it it on a file and find some unused code? if you see a bug and fix it, you can delete the release using: cvs rtag -d pmd_jedit_release_0_1 pmd and then retag everything FTP the zip file to SF ftp upload.sourceforge.net generic userid/password: anonymous/tomcopeland@users.sourceforge.net cd incoming bin put pmd-jedit-src-0.1.zip put pmd-jedit-bin-0.1.zip Go to Admin, Edit/Release Files, click on Add new release Paste stuff into the changelog/readme boxes Add the pmd-jedit-src-0.1.zip file Add the pmd-jedit-bin-0.1.zip file Classify the file Submit some news saying "hey, new release of the JEdit plugin!"