[MERGE] Add Launchpad announcement to the release process

[John Arbash Meinel]

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Martin Pool wrote:
> Robert pointed out that we didn't do this for 1.8, and I see it was because
> it's not in the checklist.
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> # Bazaar merge directive format 2 (Bazaar 0.90)
> # revision_id: mbp at sourcefrog.net-20081031082233-4glmeaucpqo7687v
> # target_branch: http://bazaar-vcs.org/bzr/bzr.dev
> # testament_sha1: 872aca2136bf67eaf8bb4256b673a2b275480ade
> # timestamp: 2008-10-31 19:22:35 +1100
> # source_branch: http://sourcefrog.net/bzr/doc
> # base_revision_id: pqm at pqm.ubuntu.com-20081031043904-52fnbfrloojemvcc
> # 
> # Begin patch
> === modified file 'doc/developers/releasing.txt'
> --- doc/developers/releasing.txt	2008-10-21 00:49:57 +0000
> +++ doc/developers/releasing.txt	2008-10-31 08:22:33 +0000
> @@ -153,6 +153,8 @@
>      | 
>      | <<NEWS section from this release back to the last major release>>
>  
> +#. Make an announcement through <https://launchpad.net/bzr/+announce>
> +
>  #. Update the IRC channel topic. Use the ``/topic`` command to do this,
>     ensuring the new topic text keeps the project name, web site link, etc.

BB:approve

Yeah, I had to remember to do that manually, and a few of them are "back
fills" where I announced something released significantly earlier.

In general I don't think the Launchpad UI makes it as straightforward to
announce your new release as one would expect.

John
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