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+Steps for making a release of Cyclone:
+
+- Prepare release notes
+- Update release number in:
+  - `common.sld` and rebuild bootstrap source files
+  - `DEBIAN/control` in cyclone-bootstrap
+  - Release job in cyclone-bootstrap
+- Update documentation, if applicable
+- Tag releases and push to Github
+- Upload release notes to `gh-pages` branch
+- Update release on AUR
+- Update release on Homebrew (automated)
+- Update release on Dockerhub (push to bitbucket)
+-