[svn] Added README.maint.

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+TO RELEASE WGET X.Y.Z:
+
+1) update PO files from the TP
+
+cd po
+../util/update_po_files.sh
+
+
+2) generate tarball
+
+from the trunk:
+
+cd ~/tmp
+~/code/svn/wget/trunk/util/dist-wget --force-version X.Y.Z
+
+from a branch:
+
+cd ~/tmp
+~/code/svn/wget/branches/X.Y/util/dist-wget --force-version X.Y.Z -b branches/X.Y
+
+
+3) test the tarball
+
+
+4) set new version number X.Y.Z on the repository
+
+
+5) tag the sources in subversion
+
+from the trunk:
+
+svn copy -m "Tagging release X.Y.Z" http://svn.dotsrc.org/repo/wget/trunk http://svn.dotsrc.org/repo/wget/tags/WGET_X_Y_Z/
+
+from a branch:
+
+svn copy -m "Tagging release X.Y.Z" http://svn.dotsrc.org/repo/wget/branches/X.Y/ http://svn.dotsrc.org/repo/wget/tags/WGET_X_Y_Z/
+
+
+6) upload the tarball on gnu.org and deepspace6.net
+
+prepare_wget_for_upload.sh X.Y.Z
+
+lftp ftp://ftp-upload.gnu.org/incoming/ftp
+put wget-X.Y.Z.tar.gz
+put wget-X.Y.Z.tar.gz.sig
+put wget-X.Y.Z.tar.gz.directive.asc
+
+
+
+7) update wget.sunsite.dk and gnu.org/software/wget
+
+
+8) send announcement on wget@sunsite.dk:
+
+hi to everybody,
+
+i have just uploaded the wget X.Y.Z tarball on ftp.gnu.org:
+
+ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wget/wget-X.Y.Z.tar.gz
+
+you can find the GPG signature of the tarball at these URLs:
+
+ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wget/wget-X.Y.Z.tar.gz.sig
+
+and the GPG key i have used for the signature at this URL:
+
+http://www.tortonesi.com/GNU-GPG-Key.txt
+
+the key fingerprint is:
+
+pub  1024D/7B2FD4B0 2005-06-02 Mauro Tortonesi (GNU Wget Maintainer) 
+<mauro@ferrara.linux.it>
+     Key fingerprint = 1E90 AEA8 D511 58F0 94E5  B106 7220 24E9 7B2F D4B0
+
+the MD5 checksum of the tarball (and signature) are:
+
+MD5 of tarball    wget-X.Y.Z.tar.gz
+MD5 of signature  wget-X.Y.Z.tar.gz.sig
+
+{DESCRIPTION OF THE CHANGES}
+
+
+9) send announcement on info-gnu@gnu.org
+
+I'm very pleased to announce the availability of GNU Wget X.Y.Z. 
+
+{DESCRIPTION OF THE CHANGES}
+
+GNU Wget is a non-interactive command-line tool for retrieving files using 
+HTTP, HTTPS and FTP, which may easily be called from scripts, cron jobs, 
+terminals without X-Windows support, etc.
+
+For more information, please see:
+
+    http://www.gnu.org/software/wget
+    http://wget.sunsite.dk
+
+Here are the compressed sources and the GPG detached signature:
+
+ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wget/wget-X.Y.Z.tar.gz
+ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wget/wget-X.Y.Z.tar.gz.sig
+
+The MD5 checksums of the tarball and signature are:
+
+MD5 of tarball    wget-X.Y.Z.tar.gz
+MD5 of signature  wget-X.Y.Z.tar.gz.sig
+
+
+The GPG key I have used for the tarball signature is available at this URL:
+
+http://www.tortonesi.com/GNU-GPG-Key.txt
+
+the key fingerprint is:
+
+pub  1024D/7B2FD4B0 2005-06-02 Mauro Tortonesi (GNU Wget Maintainer) 
+<mauro@ferrara.linux.it>
+     Key fingerprint = 1E90 AEA8 D511 58F0 94E5  B106 7220 24E9 7B2F D4B0
+
+
+10) ask Hrvoje to post announcement on freshmeat.net
+
+
+11) set new version number X.Y.Z+devel on the repository
+
+