Before releasing a new version, go through this checklist:

  - check for patches from https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/pv
  - bump doc/VERSION
  - bump doc/lsm.in
  - check doc/NEWS.md is up to date
  - check manual is up to date
  - make indent; make indent indentclean
  - make update-po
  - make test
  - commit to repository
  - wipe build directory, re-run generate.sh and configure
  - make release MAINTAINER=<signing-user>
  - make manhtml | tidy -asxhtml | sed -e '1,/<body>/d' -e '/<\/body>/,$d'
  - update HTML for todo and news
  - copy and sign tar.gz to HTML directory (sig as both .asc and .txt)
  - submit new release to Sourceforge
  - upload HTML
