Mantis: Create new version if needed, and move "Fixed in version" from -dev to release: https://bugs.xdebug.org/manage_proj_edit_page.php?project_id=1

Make sure both the master and release branch (i.e. xdebug_3_3) are fully synced and merged.

Update composer.json, config.m4, and config.w32 to reflect supported range of PHP versions.

For first release in minor version (i.e. 3.5.0alpha1), merge package.xml from old bug fix branch into master and new branch and commit:

git diff HEAD..xdebug_3_4 package.xml | patch -p1

Run: php .build.scripts/make-release.php <version>

Move existing release entry down in package.xml

Include new snippet in /tmp/package.xml

Run commands from output

Create a release from the tag on GitHub

Update www.xdebug.org views/home/updates.php with snippet

Update www.xdebug.org src/XdebugVersion.php with snippet

Update pre-generated www.xdebug.org data/news/... file

Write Patreon post taking the rendered news article as starting point

Mantis: "release" the version, and make sure there is a new one.

In the release branch, update template.rc and php_xdebug.h to the new version

Commit template.rc and php_xdebug.h with Back to -dev

Check out master branch, and run: git merge --strategy=ours xdebug_3_4

git push origin master xdebug_3_4

Add files from GHA and source to www.xdebug.org html/files

Create sha256 files for the new releases:

for i in *3.4.*{tgz,dll}; do \
  echo $i; sha256sum $i | sed 's/\ .*//' > $i.sha256.txt; \
done

Add the downloads, DDLs, SHA256 files, and news file to git and commit with "Go with 3.4.1"

Upload the source package to PECL