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+# How to prepare a release
+
+## sync translations from translationproject
+
+   In the toplevel directory (of which po/ is a subdirectory)
+
+   rsync -Lrtvz  translationproject.org::tp/latest/libgphoto2/  po
+   cd libgphoto2\_port
+   rsync -Lrtvz  translationproject.org::tp/latest/libgphoto2\_port/  po
+   cd ..
+
+   if gphoto2 is released too: 
+   rsync -Lrtvz  translationproject.org::tp/latest/gphoto2/  po
+
+## sync music-players.h from libmtp
+
+   (We ship this to give additional device support for distributions
+    that might update libmtp less often.)
+
+   Copy over, disable the GoPro entries.
+
+## test cameras
+
+   Run: make check
+
+   In the gphoto2 checkout I am running <code>perl tests/testcamera.pl</code> 
+   for several cameras that might have been affected by the current release.
+
+## update NEWS
+
+   git diff libgphoto2-2\_5\_21-release.. | less
+
+   summarize changes
+
+## tag release
+
+   bump version in configure.ac, NEWS
+
+   make clean
+   make
+   sudo make install
+
+## build relase
+
+   make distcheck