1. Update Changes. - Add important changes. - Credit the author as appropriate. - Include RT numbers. 2. Check it in. $ git commit -m "Add Changes." Changes 3. Update version number in Makefile.PL. 4. Check it in. $ git commit -m "Bump version number." Makefile.PL 5. Run basic tests. $ perl Makefile.PL && make $ make test 6. Test against all versions. $ make all_test - or, if you have multiple cores available: $ HARNESS_OPTIONS=j6:c HARNESS_TIMER=1 make all_test 7. Return to base perl version. $ perl Makefile.PL && make 8. Make the release. $ dzil release 9. Push the changes. - The dzil Git::Push plugin hangs for me $ git push $ git push --tags