Draft of Scribus Release Checklist

Please, Scribus core team devs, add your remarks/proposals for this release checklist (please keep it simple, it should be easy to print and follow for everybody involved in the release making routine)

=How to Prepare a Scribus Release=

Release Day - 3 weeks

 * 1) Feature freeze
 * 2) E-mail to the mailing list announcing the feature freeze and asking for testing

Release Day - 2 weeks

 * 1) String freeze
 * 2) Send an e-mail to all Scribus translators and to the mailing list about the deadline of the upcoming release -- set the deadline for delivering the translations to e.g. "Release Day -1 day"

Release Day - 1 week

 * 1) Send the final version of the (short) release announcement to all translators, asking them to translate it into their languages -- set the deadline for delivering the translations to e.g. "Release Day -1 day"

Release Day - 1 day

 * 1) E-mail to all Scribus translators and to the mailing list that the deadline for their translations is about to pass

After Release

 * 1) Release announcement to the mailing list
 * 2) Unleash the translators, asking them to send their translated release announcements to local  media