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+# Informations for the repository maintainers
+
+## Publish a new version
+
+The creation of a new version is done automatically by the [`readme-release.yml`](https://github.com/mlocati/docker-php-extension-installer/blob/master/.github/workflows/readme-release.yml) GitHub Action.
+
+Whenever a push to the GitHub repository changes the [`install-php-extensions`](https://github.com/mlocati/docker-php-extension-installer/blob/master/install-php-extensions) script,
+that Action creates a new tag, incrementing the patch level (for example, if the previous version was `1.2.3`, it creates the tag `1.2.4`).
+Before doing that, the Action waits for 30 seconds, so that maintainers can cancel the tag creation if they want to create a different tag (for example, `1.3.3`).
+
+Once this new tag is created automatically (or when maintainers push a new version-like tag to the repository), the Action creates a new draft release, attaching it the `install-php-extensions` script to it
+(so that users can download it via the `https://github.com/mlocati/docker-php-extension-installer/releases/latest/download/install-php-extensions` URL.
+
+Once that draft release has been created, you have to:
+
+1. go to the [releases page](https://github.com/mlocati/docker-php-extension-installer/releases)
+2. edit the newly created draft release
+3. review the release notes
+4. publish the release
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 See [this pull request](https://github.com/mlocati/docker-php-extension-installer/pull/43) for an example.
 
+## For the maintainers
+
+See the [`MAINTAINERS.md`](https://github.com/mlocati/docker-php-extension-installer/blob/master/MAINTAINERS.md) file.
+
 ## Do you want to really say thank you?
 
 You can offer me a [monthly coffee](https://github.com/sponsors/mlocati) or a [one-time coffee](https://paypal.me/mlocati) :wink: