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+HOWTO Release wxPython Phoenix
+==============================
+
+:note: This is just a note to myself, no need to publish this in the main
+       documentation or anything silly like that...
+
+
+1. Ensure the buildbot master and slaves are running, and that
+   ~/release-builds on Havok is empty
+
+2. Ensure that the branch to be built has been pushed to github.com/RobinD42/Phoenix
+
+3. Log in to buildbot master
+
+4. On the "Builders" page check the dist-* and the bdist-* builders
+
+5. Set a name/value pair to buildargs/--release
+
+6. If a branch other than master should be used (for testing, etc.) then enter
+   that branch name in the Branch field
+
+7. Click the Force Build button
+
+8. Go do something else for a couple hours...
+
+9. ...it's still not done, come back later...
+
+
+
+10. When the build is done and successful then the release version of the docs
+    src and wheel files should be on Havok in ~/release-builds. Do whatever
+    testing should be done.
+
+11. Digitally sign the files with this command::
+
+        cd ~/release-builds
+        for f in *.whl *.tar.gz; do gpg --detach-sign -a $f; done
+
+12. Upload to PyPI with::
+
+        cd ~/release-builds
+        twine upload *
+
+13.
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