How to release RawTherapee

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  1. Tea
  2. Pull and update
  3. Run:
    ./tools/generateTranslationDiffs
    Perform final language file updates.
  4. Run:
    dos2unix rtdata/languages/* and rtdata/profiles/*
  5. Once RELEASE_NOTES.txt, language files, profiles, a new splash screen, etc. are ready, commit to new branch:
    git checkout -b release-5.4 && git commit -a -m "Preparing for release 5.4-rc1"
  6. Once others have revised the changes, merge this "release-5.4" branch into "releases":
    git checkout releases
    git pull
    git merge release-5.4
  7. Tag:
    git tag -a "5.4-rc1" -m "Tagged RawTherapee 5.4-rc1"
    git push origin "5.4-rc1"
  8. Make a source tarball and upload it to the website:
    ./tools/generateSourceTarball
    sha1sum rawtherapee-5.4-rc1.tar.xz > rawtherapee-5.4-rc1.tar.xz.sha1
  9. When ready for a final release (5.4, not 5.4-rc1), do as above, merge "release-5.4" into "releases", tag and deleted "release-5.4". Never delete branch "releases".