+4. Bump the version numbers in irkerd and irkerhook.py
+
+5. Update the NEWS file
+
+6. make release
+
+== Thanks where due ==
+
+Daniel Franke <dfoxfranke@gmail.com> performed a security audit of irkerd.
+
+Alexander van Gessel (AI0867) <ai0867@gmail.com> contributed the
+Subversion support in irkerhook.py.
+
+Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> contributed the Mercurial support in
+irkerhook.py and explained how to make Control-C work right.
+
+Laurent Bachelier <laurent@bachelier.name> fixed the Makefile so it
+wouldn't break stuff and wrote the first version of the external
+filtering option.
+
+dak180 (name withheld by request) wrote the OS X launchd plist.
+
+Wulf C. Krueger <philantrop@exherbo.org> wrote the systemd
+installation support.
+
+Other people on the freenode #irker channel (Kingpin, fpcfan,
+shadowm, Rick) smoked out bugs in irkerd before they could seriously
+bug anybody.