=== Checklist for MDP release ===

Before release:
- make sure new nodes have tests
- add new nodes to tutorial list
- new nodes must be in nodes/__init__.py __all__ list
- change spinner design (tests)
- make sure that __init__ and setup.py have right version number
- update date in __copyright__ in __init__
- make sure tutorial has right version
- make sure tutorial PDF has right version
- make sure homepage links to tutorial have right version
- try mdp tests with MDPNUMX=scipy, MDNUMX=numpy, and with parallel
  python

During release:
- update CHANGES: you can generate a new bunch of CHANGES with:
  git log --no-color --pretty="%w(79,0,12)%ad: %s" --date=short --since=2009-06-30
  where the last argument is the date of the last release. You can then prepend 
  the output of this command to the original CHANGES file!
- update TODO and COPYRIGHT (date)
- generate tutorial using mdp_html/tutorial_src/genhtml
- generate API documentation
- change homepage color
- generate home page
- short/long description should go: on SF.net description, tutorial,
  home page, modules __init__, software.incf.net.
- generate installers and source packages and test them
- tag release in git
- update on SF.net:
  release files: sftp username,mdp-toolkit@frs.sourceforge.net /uploads
  web: 
  cd mdp_html/html/
  rsync -av --delete-after . username,mdp-toolkit@web.sourceforge.net:/home/groups/m/md/mdp-toolkit/htdocs/
  more info: http://alexandria.wiki.sourceforge.net/Project+Web,+Shell,+VHOST+and+Database+Services
- post news to sourceforge.

After release:
- update version number in __init__
- send announcement to:
	connectionists: connectionists@cs.cmu.edu
	ML-news: ML-news@googlegroups.com
	numpy-discussion: numpy-discussion@scipy.org
	Scipy users: scipy-user@scipy.org
	mdp-users: mdp-toolkit-users@lists.sourceforge.net
        Python-announce: python-announce-list@python.org
- update package information on mloss.org, pypi, and software.incf.net.
- celebrate!!


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Short description
setup.py
SF.net
Homepage, beginning

Long description:
setup.py
__init__.py
Tutorial, introduction
