[Numpy-svn] r8460 - trunk/doc

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Author: rgommers
Date: 2010-06-07 12:09:18 -0500 (Mon, 07 Jun 2010)
New Revision: 8460

Modified:
   trunk/doc/HOWTO_RELEASE.txt
Log:
DOC: add release notes check to HOWTO_RELEASE.

Modified: trunk/doc/HOWTO_RELEASE.txt
===================================================================
--- trunk/doc/HOWTO_RELEASE.txt	2010-06-07 03:43:26 UTC (rev 8459)
+++ trunk/doc/HOWTO_RELEASE.txt	2010-06-07 17:09:18 UTC (rev 8460)
@@ -194,6 +194,16 @@
 .. note:: The following steps are repeated for the beta(s), release
    candidates(s) and the final release.
 
+Check the release notes
+-----------------------
+Check that the release notes are up-to-date, and mention at least the
+following:
+- major new features
+- deprecated and removed features
+- supported Python versions
+- for SciPy, supported NumPy version(s)
+- outlook for the near future
+
 Create the release "tag"
 ------------------------
 ::