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Fill in a few more pre-release steps to match what we've done for the 0.14 release.

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Move the list of contributors to the AUTHORS file.
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Release checklist:
# Release checklist:
Figure out whether a release is worthwhile to do.
Analyze the previous release branch to see if anything should have beeni
## Pre-release tasks
* Figure out whether a release is worthwhile to do.
* Analyze the previous release branch to see if anything should have been
applied to master.
Analyze APIs between previous release branch and master to produce list of
changes (added/removed/updated funcs, etc...), and detect backwards compat
issues.
If the new release is not backwards compatible, then this is a MAJOR release.
Collect changes and assemble tentative release notes.
Identify previous release branch point
Check commit logs between previous branch point and now
Create a new issues_closed_for_X.Y.md file
* Collect changes and assemble tentative release notes.
* Identify previous release branch point
* Check commit logs between previous branch point and now for
notable changes worth mentioning
* Create a new issues_closed_for_X.Y.md file
* Include notable entries from here in the release notes.
* Analyze APIs between previous release branch and master to produce list of
changes (added/removed/updated funcs, etc...), and detect backwards compat
issues.
* https://github.com/lvc/abi-compliance-checker
* If the new release is not backwards compatible, then this is a MAJOR release.
* Mention removed features in ChangeLog
* Update the AUTHORS file
* Exclude mentioning changes that have already been included in a point
release of the previous release branch.
Update ChangeLog with relevant notes before branching.
* Update ChangeLog with relevant notes before branching.
Check that the compile works on Linux
Check that the compile works on NetBSD
Check that the compile works on Windows
* Check that the compile works on Linux - automatic through Travis
* Check that the compile works on NetBSD
* Check that the compile works on Windows - automatic through AppVeyor
## Release creation
Start creating the new release:
release=0.14