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docs: Update the release documentation for the new release workflow

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Make it more closely match
https://handbook.gnome.org/maintainers/making-a-release.html again.

Signed-off-by: Philip Withnall <pwithnall@gnome.org>
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@@ -57,35 +57,27 @@ git add -p
git commit -sm "${new_version}"
```
Build the release tarball:
Test build the release tarball:
```sh
ninja -C build/ dist
meson dist -C build/
```
Tag, sign and push the release (see below for information about `git evtag`):
Tag, sign and push the release, using `${new_version}` as the tag message (see below for information about `git evtag`):
```sh
git evtag sign ${new_version}
git push --atomic origin ${branch} ${new_version}
```
To use a specific key add an option `-u ${keyid|email}` after the `sign` argument.
You will need to **temporarily** allow maintainers to push to the `main` branch on https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/settings/repository. To use a specific key add an option `-u ${keyid|email}` after the `sign` argument.
Use `${new_version}` as the tag message.
Upload the release tarball (you will need a
[GNOME LDAP account](https://wiki.gnome.org/Infrastructure/NewAccounts) for this):
```sh
scp build/meson-dist/glib-${new_version}.tar.xz master.gnome.org:
ssh master.gnome.org ftpadmin install glib-${new_version}.tar.xz
```
The `dist-job` CI job will be triggered and will build and upload the final release archive.
Add the release notes to GitLab and close the milestone:
- Go to https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/tags/${new_version}/release/edit
and upload the release notes for the new release from the `NEWS` file
- Go to https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/releases/${new_version}/edit
and link the milestone to it, then list the new release tarball and
and upload the release notes for the new release from the `NEWS` file
- Then link the milestone to it, then list the new release tarball and
`sha256sum` file in the ‘Release Assets’ section as the ‘Other’ types.
Get the file links from https://download.gnome.org/sources/glib/ and
name them ‘Release tarball’ and ‘Release tarball sha256sum’
name them ‘Release archive’ and ‘Release archive checksum’
- Go to https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/milestones/
choose the milestone and close it, as all issues and merge requests tagged
for this release should now be complete