Release v2.1

[Arizer]

Before the release

• [ ] Check BD-rates between previous and this release

During release

• Do these on a Linux box
  • [x] Check if configure.ac version needs increasing.
  • [x] Run make docs in case it wasn't run when --help was changed.
  • [x] Update global.h version, run make docs, commit.
  • [x] Run make distcheck to find possible problems in the tarball
  • [x] Tag release in format "vX.Y.Z", to ensure we don't accidentally make dist tarbal with wrong version.
  • [x] Add dist-tarbal to the release.
  • git checkout ${version} && ./autogen.sh && ./configure && make dist
• [x] Add 64 and 32 bit Windows binaries to the release
• [ ] Check that nothing major is missing from the release notes.
• [ ] Push tag, write name of tag in release draft ensuring it already exists, press "Publish Release".

After release

• [x] Make a draft for next release.
• [x] Make a new milestone for a release, such that we always have at least the next two releases for tagging issues to milestones.
• [ ] Move issues that were not fixed in this release to next one.
• [x] Close old milestone.
• [ ] Make an issue for next the release and copy this checklist to it.