Creating a release for an upstream open source package can take a lot of work. Big packages have whole teams dedicated to the process and a well-publicised release schedule. However, the GNU Binutils project is smaller and so just one or two people can handle the releases. This blog is a diary of what happened behind the scenes for the 2.41 release of a single open source project.

Creating a release for an upstream open source package can take a lot of work. Big packages have whole teams dedicated to the process and a well-publicised release schedule. However, the GNU Binutils project is smaller and so just one or two people can handle the releases. This blog is a diary of what happened behind the scenes for the 2.41 release of a single open source project.