Steps to perform for releasing a new version (N.N.N) of Thuban:

- Test Thuban until you are sure it works under the following
  reference platforms:
  Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (plus wxWindows/wxPython 2.4)
  W2000

- Adjust revision number in setup.py

- Produce and test Install-Version for W2000: Thuban-N.N.N-1.exe
  ???

- Produce and test Install-Version for RedHat 7.2
  ???

- Tag the tested sources for CVS:
  cvs -... THUBAN_N_N_N

- Produce Source-Tarballs Thuban-N.N.N.tar.gz and Thuban-N.N.N.zip
  ???

- Place packages on ftp server at
  ftp://intevation.de/thuban/

- Update http://thuban.intevation.org/download.html accordingly

- Update/Extend http://thuban.intevation.org/screenshots.html
  if there have been interesting changes/extensions to the UI.

- Make sure you closed all open bugs that were solved with this
  release.

- Write announcement including all major improvements

- Send announcement to following mailing lists:
  thuban-list@intevation.de
  freegis-list@intevation.de

- Have a beer and thank all contributors :-)