=item *
-If this is maint release, make sure F<Porting/mergelog> is saved and
-committed.
-
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Push all your recent commits:
$ git push origin ....
I<You MUST SKIP this step for RC, BLEAD>
-If this was a maint release, then edit F<Porting/mergelog> to change
-all the C<d> (deferred) flags to C<.> (needs review).
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-=item *
-
-I<You MUST SKIP this step for RC, BLEAD>
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If this was the first release of a new maint series, (5.x.0 where x is
even), then create a new maint branch based on the commit tagged as
the current release and bump the version in the blead branch in git,