From 9e2e249110d723afae758ad3639e6385e9abce48 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jakub Sztandera <kubuxu@protonmail.ch>
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2017 19:59:59 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] misc: improve release checklist

also prep it for templeating

License: MIT
Signed-off-by: Jakub Sztandera <kubuxu@protonmail.ch>
---
 misc/release-checklist.md | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/misc/release-checklist.md b/misc/release-checklist.md
index 19674da71c1..889112ff1f9 100644
--- a/misc/release-checklist.md
+++ b/misc/release-checklist.md
@@ -1,19 +1,32 @@
-# ipfs release checklist
+# ipfs {{version}} checklist
 
-- [ ] version changed in repo/config/version.go
-- [ ] changelog.md updated
-- [ ] commit tagged
-- [ ] tests
+## pre-release
+
+- [ ] CHANGELOG.md updated - PR: 
+- [ ] tests are green
   - [ ] go-ipfs tests
   - [ ] sharness tests
   - [ ] webui works
   - [ ] js-ipfs-api tests
-- [ ] builds
-  - [ ] windows
-  - [ ] linux
-    - [ ] amd64
-	- [ ] arm
-  - [ ] osx
+  - [ ] deploy on one of our hosts
+
+## RC cycle
+- [ ] versions changed to {{version}}-rcX:
+  - [ ] in repo/config/version.go
+  - [ ] in package.json
+- [ ] release {{version}}-rcX on dist
+
+## release
+- [ ] versions changed to {{version}}-rcX:
+  - [ ] in repo/config/version.go
+  - [ ] in package.json
+- [ ] gx publish
+- [ ] commit tagged
+- [ ] fast forward merge of **master** to **release**
+- [ ] push release to dist
+
+## post-release
+- [ ] bump version to {{version+1}}-dev:
+  - [ ] in repo/config/version.go 
+  - [ ] in package.json
 
-## post release
-- [ ] bump repo/config/version.go to $NEXT-dev

From 410467316593e939b80daba7b88647118c8d877c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jakub Sztandera <kubuxu@protonmail.ch>
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2017 23:02:10 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] misc: fix mistakes in release checklist

License: MIT
Signed-off-by: Jakub Sztandera <kubuxu@protonmail.ch>
---
 misc/release-checklist.md | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/misc/release-checklist.md b/misc/release-checklist.md
index 889112ff1f9..9c834ab94d9 100644
--- a/misc/release-checklist.md
+++ b/misc/release-checklist.md
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
 - [ ] release {{version}}-rcX on dist
 
 ## release
-- [ ] versions changed to {{version}}-rcX:
+- [ ] versions changed to {{version}}:
   - [ ] in repo/config/version.go
   - [ ] in package.json
-- [ ] gx publish
-- [ ] commit tagged
+- [ ] gx publish done and commited
+- [ ] signed version tag pushed
 - [ ] fast forward merge of **master** to **release**
 - [ ] push release to dist