diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index cda13dfb..0e69da89 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+2000-12-19 Mike Welles *** 3.5.6 release ***
+
+ * Took out LZW Encoding from tif_lzw.c
+
+ * Created HOWTO-RELEASE
+
+ * Created html/v3.5.6.html
+
+ * updated index.html
+
2000-12-01 Frank Warmerdam
* Added patches for EOFB support in tif_fax3.c and tif_fax3.h.
diff --git a/HOWTO-RELEASE b/HOWTO-RELEASE
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6ceecc80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/HOWTO-RELEASE
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+HOWTO-RELEASE:
+Notes on releasing.
+
+1.
+
+Commit any unsaved changes.
+
+2.
+
+"make clean"
+
+3.
+
+Create html/vX.X.html. Take ChangeLog entries and html-ify in
+there. Easist thing to do is take html/vX.(X-1).html and use
+it as a template.
+
+4.
+
+Add any new files that have been created that should be part
+of the distrubituion (like the html file in step 2), to
+TIFFFILES in Makefile.in
+
+5.
+
+Make sure tif_dir.c in lzw-compression-kit is in sync with the
+main tree.
+
+6.
+
+Increment version in file "VERSION"
+
+
+7.
+
+sh configure; make; make install (to test).
+
+
+8.
+
+make release.
+
+9.
+
+make distclean
+
+10.
+
+cvs commit
+
+11.
+
+ftp ftp.onshore.com;
+cd /home/ftp/pub/libtiff
+put ../tiff-vn-n-n.zip .
+put ../tiff-vn-n-n.tar.gz .
+
+12
+
+ftp ftp.libtiff.org
+lcd html
+mput *.html
+put ../tiff-vn-n-n.zip .
+put ../tiff-vn-n-n.tar.gz .
+
+13.
+
+Announce to list, tiff@olympiakos.com
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/RELEASE-DATE b/RELEASE-DATE
index ece99fcc..075fa257 100644
--- a/RELEASE-DATE
+++ b/RELEASE-DATE
@@ -1 +1 @@
-04/12/2000
+12/19/2000
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 7d280e2c..c4928258 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.5.5
+3.5.6
diff --git a/dist/tiff.version b/dist/tiff.version
index 14012de2..43d3e2e7 100644
--- a/dist/tiff.version
+++ b/dist/tiff.version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-define TIFF_VNUM "3.5.5 (release)"
+define TIFF_VNUM "3.5.6 (release)"
diff --git a/html/index.html b/html/index.html
index 79109606..78ee38b1 100644
--- a/html/index.html
+++ b/html/index.html
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ TIFF Software
Home Page:
http://www.libtiff.org
FAQ Page: forthcoming
-Latest Release: v3.5.5
-Latest Software: v3.5.5
+Latest Release: v3.5.6
+Latest Software: v3.5.6
Master FTP Site: ftp.onshore.com , directory pub/libtiff (Active mode FTP only!)
-HTTP Download: http://www.libtiff.org/tiff-v3.5.5.tar.gz, http://www.libtiff.org/tiff-v3.5.5.zip
-LZW Compression Kit: libtiff-lzw-compression-kit-1.1.tar.gz
+HTTP Download: http://www.libtiff.org/tiff-v3.5.6.tar.gz, http://www.libtiff.org/tiff-v3.5.6.zip
+LZW Compression Kit: libtiff-lzw-compression-kit-1.1.tar.gz
Mailing List: tiff@olympiakos.com
Mailing List Subscription: tiff-request@olympiakos.com ("subscribe tiff" in body of message).
Mailing List Archive: http://www.remotesensing.org/lists/libtiff_archive/maillist.html
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ The following sections are included in this documentation:
-$Id: index.html,v 1.28 2000-07-13 14:58:16 mwelles Exp $
+$Id: index.html,v 1.29 2000-12-19 20:12:53 mwelles Exp $
diff --git a/html/v3.5.5.html b/html/v3.5.5.html
index ebbad1b9..fcba45e6 100644
--- a/html/v3.5.5.html
+++ b/html/v3.5.5.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-Changes in TIFF v3.5.4
+Changes in TIFF v3.5.5
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ The following information is located here:
-Last updated $Date: 2000-03-29 04:35:28 $.
+Last updated $Date: 2000-12-19 20:12:53 $.