• Make new deb
• Make new tar.gz
• Perhaps make new Windows msi
• Update in release_process/notes changes and (derived) readme

https://sourceforge.net/projects/sofastatistics/files/sofastatistics

• Log in
• Add new folder e.g. 1.5.7
• Select folder
• Upload files including readme
• Under info button:
• deb → set default OS to Linux
• tar.gz → Other
• readme → disable stats
• Copy links to releases ready to put into new sofastatistics.com/downloads.php web page
• e.g. https://sourceforge.net/projects/sofastatistics/files/sofastatistics/1.5.7/sofastats-1.5.7-1_all.deb/download
• https://sourceforge.net/projects/sofastatistics/files/sofastatistics/1.5.7/sofastats-1.5.7.tar.gz/download

https://launchpad.net/sofastatistics

• Log in
• Create Release (green link towards bottom left of page; must be logged in)
• Create milestone - name it something like 1.5.7
• In the milestone summary add Downloads upwards from release readme.
• Select today's date.
• In Release Notes add Downloads upwards (again).
• In changelog, the new features and bug fixes only (no downloads or final summary line)
• Click on Create Release.
• From main project > Overview, make an announcement (button bottom right)
  • headline e.g. 1.4.4 Mac users can export as PDF (& PNG depending on version of OS X)
  • summary - the standard notes about the release (not download, bug fix, or single summary line stuff)
• Make previous release Inactive (open it, click edit button on Active status, and disable)
• If making a new series, make the series an active development series not the previous series. You should see it at the top of the full history graph if successful.

• Update home.php. New version and, if applicable, mini-list of changes.
• Update features.php if any new features
• Update downloads.php. Update version number if all versions. Adjust file sizes if necessary.
• Update latest_sofastatistics_version.txt and (if required and only if Windows version has also reached that version) latest_major_sofastatistics_version.txt. NEVER update the sofastats versions as it will break versions 1.1.2 and 1.1.3 (the code for showing the update now link is broken in those versions).
• Use GFTP to transfer files
• Check each link (only first per OS)

• Update version number and release date in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOFA_Statistics
• Update latest release date at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_statistical_packages
• Add blog entry to sofa site
• Tweet on it.
• If important enough, add blog entry to pssst site (http://p-s.co.nz/wordpress/)