release.txt

git pull
./build.sh spellcheck
./build.sh javadocImpl
./build.sh docs
./build.sh jarMVStore (should be about 200 KB)
Update Constants.java - change version and build number
Update changelog.html - add new version, remove oldest
Update newsfeed.sql - add new version, remove oldest
Minor version change: change sourceError.html and source.html
If a beta, change download.html: Version ${version} (${versionDate}), Beta
If a beta, change mainWeb.html: Version ${version} (${versionDate}), Beta
Benchmark: use latest versions of other dbs, change version(s) in performance.html
Run ./buildRelease.sh / buildRelease.bat

Scan for viruses
Test installer, H2 Console (test new languages)
Check docs, versions and links in main, downloads, build numbers
Check the PDF file size

Upload (http and https) to ftp://h2database.com/javadoc
Upload (http and https) to ftp://h2database.com 
Upload (http and https) to ftp://h2database.com/m2-repo
Github: create a release
Newsletter: prepare (always to BCC)
Newsletter: send to h2-database-jp@googlegroups.com; h2-database@googlegroups.com; h2database-news@googlegroups.com; ...
Add to http://twitter.com
- tweet: add @geospatialnews for the new geometry type and disk spatial index

Sign files and publish files on Maven Central
./build.sh compile jar mavenDeployCentral
cd /data/h2database/m2-repo/com/h2database
# remove sha and md5 files:
find . -name "*.sha1" -delete
find . -name "*.md5" -delete
cd h2/1...
# for each file separately (-javadoc.jar, -sources.jar, .jar, .pom):
gpg -u "Thomas Mueller Graf <thomas.tom.mueller@gmail.com>" -ab h2-...
jar -cvf bundle.jar h2-*
cd ../../h2-mvstore/1...
# for each file separately (-javadoc.jar, -sources.jar, .jar, .pom):
gpg -u "Thomas Mueller Graf <thomas.tom.mueller@gmail.com>" -ab h2-mvstore...
jar -cvf bundle.jar h2-*
# http://central.sonatype.org/pages/ossrh-guide.html
# http://central.sonatype.org/pages/manual-staging-bundle-creation-and-deployment.html
# https://oss.sonatype.org/#welcome - Log In "t..."
# - Staging Upload
# - Upload Mode: Artifact Bundle, Select Bundle to Upload... - /data/.../bundle.jar
# - Upload Bundle - Staging Repositories - select comh2database - Release - Confirm
# - Staging Upload
# - Upload Mode: Artifact Bundle, Select Bundle to Upload... - /data/.../bundle.jar
# - Upload Bundle - Staging Repositories - select comh2database - Release - Confirm

Update statistics
Change version in pom.xml, commit