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 version change build.xml to reflect pmd-jedit version Create the binary release: ant release move the zip file into c:\tmp TESTS: 1) Can you run jedit ok? 4) Can you run it it on a file and find some unused code? 4) Are options persistant? if you see a bug and fix it, you can delete the release using: cvs rtag -d pmd_jedit_release_0_4 pmd and then retag everything Create the src release: Ensure there's a PMDJEditPlugin.jar file in lib\ cd c:\data\pmd cvs rtag -D tomorrow "pmd_jedit_release_0_4" 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_4 pmd-jedit zip it up, rename it to pmd-jedit-src-0.4.zip FTP the zip file to SF ftp upload.sourceforge.net generic userid/password: anonymous/tom@infoether.com cd incoming bin put pmd-jedit-src-0.4.zip put pmd-jedit-bin-0.4.zip Go to Admin, Edit/Release Files, click on Add new release Paste stuff into the changelog/readme boxes Add the pmd-jedit-src-0.4.zip file Add the pmd-jedit-bin-0.4.zip file Classify the file Submit some news saying "hey, new release of the JEdit plugin!"