Steps for doing a xdg-desktop-portal release

Prepare the release

Make sure the version in meson.build is correct
Create a branch

$ git checkout -b release-${version}

Update translations

$ ninja -C ${builddir} xdg-desktop-portal-update-po
$ git add po/
$ git commit -m "Update translations"

Add your changelog to the NEWS.md file

$ git add NEWS.md
$ git commit -m ${version}

Push your branch

$ git push -u ${fork} release-${version}

Open a pull request

Create a Signed Tag

NOTE: Only project maintainers can create a tag.

Make sure that:

You're on the main branch, or a stable branch;
The tip of the branch is a release commit (e.g. 1.19.4)
The version in meson.build is correct

Then create the tag:

$ git evtag sign ${version}
$ git push -u origin ${version}

Post-Release

Update version number in meson.build to the next release version
Start a new section in NEWS.md

Changes in ${nextVersion}
=================
Released: Not yet
...

Post-Branching

After creating a stable branch:

Update version number in meson.build to the next unstable release version
Update SECURITY.md
Update .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug-report.yml