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+Be sure to remember to do the following for releases
+
+[ ] CHANGELOG is written for all new changes
+[ ] README is updated
+[ ] Bump version.rb
+[ ] Do a full rake locally
+[ ] Travis is passing on dev branch
+[ ] `gem push pkg/squib-x.y.z.gem`
+[ ] `rake doc`
+[ ] Push `rake doc` to website
+[ ] Bump version.rb to the next alpha