From: David Wells <drwells@email.unc.edu>
Date: Mon, 20 May 2019 21:20:29 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: Add 'check changes.h' to the release steps.
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Add 'check changes.h' to the release steps.
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diff --git a/release-tasks b/release-tasks
index dfa7dc0..667ab31 100644
--- a/release-tasks
+++ b/release-tasks
@@ -271,6 +271,9 @@ Contributors for 9.1: (updated 2019-05-12)
 1a/ Adjust doc/users/doxygen.html to link to the to-be-created TAG file.
     then do a pull request
 
+1b/ Review the generated changes.h file for dead links, duplicated entries,
+    obsolete entries (e.g., commit 1 adds feature A, commit 2 fixes feature A), etc.
+
 4/  If a x.y.0 release, it is now time to create a release branch:
 
   git checkout -b dealii-9.1       # exactly 'dealii-X.Y' to remain consistent!