update the release date in the changelog change the build.xml to reflect pmd-jdeveloper release 1.6 Update Plugin.version() to reflect release 1.6. Create the binary release: ant release TESTS: 1) Does it unzip neatly on top of the jdev/ext/lib directory? 2) Can you run it it on a file and find some unused code? 3) Are options persistant? Check everything in Create the src release: CVSROOT=:ext:tomcopeland@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/pmd && export CVSROOT cd ~/data/pmd/ cvs -q tag -D tomorrow "pmd_jdeveloper_release_1_5" pmd-jdeveloper rm -rf ~/tmp/pmd-jdeveloper mkdir -p ~/tmp/pmd-jdeveloper cvs -q export -d tmp -r pmd_jdeveloper_release_1_5 pmd-jdeveloper mv tmp/* ~/tmp/pmd-jdeveloper rmdir tmp/ cp pmd-jdeveloper/lib/pmd-jdeveloper-1.6.jar ~/tmp/pmd-jdeveloper/lib cd ~/tmp zip -q -r pmd-jdeveloper-src-1.6.zip pmd-jdeveloper ncftpput upload.sourceforge.net incoming/ pmd-jdeveloper-bin-1.6.zip pmd-jdeveloper-src-1.6.zip rm -rf pmd-jdeveloper/ Go to Admin, Edit/Release Files, click on Add new release Paste stuff into the changelog/readme boxes Add the pmd-jdeveloper-src-1.6.zip file Add the pmd-jdeveloper-bin-1.6.zip file Classify the file Submit some news saying "hey, new release of the jdeveloper plugin!"