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 This document is a work-in-progress to describe the workflow through the various
 parts of genkernel so that we can split the code into modular chunks.  If you
-are interested in helping with genkernel development, contact Chris Gianelloni
-at wolf31o2@wolf31o2.org for access.
+are interested in helping with genkernel development, please get in touch at
+<genkernel@gentoo.org>.
 
 Phases:
 
@@ -11,3 +11,17 @@ Phases:
 - source global scripts
 - 
 
+Testing things:
+  $ cd genkernel
+  $ sudo GK_SHARE="$PWD" ./genkernel initramfs --no-install --no-postclear --loglevel=2
+
+Rolling a release:
+- Bump the version in the main genkernel file.
+- echangelog "Bump version to ${PV}"
+- git commit -a -m "Bump version to ${PV}"
+- git tag -a -m "Tag release v${PV}" v${PV}
+- git push ${REMOTE} master --tags
+- make dist
+- upload genkernel-${PV}.tar.bz2 to the hosting:
+    scp genkernel-${PV}.tar.bz2 ${USER}@dev.gentoo.org:/space/distfiles-local/
+- check open bugs with keyword "InSVN" or "InVCS" for closability