4 files changed, 34 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/doc/README b/doc/README
index 3137d0adc7..776f6aaa1b 100644
--- a/doc/README
+++ b/doc/README
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Bitcoin 0.3.21 BETA
+Bitcoin 0.3.23 BETA
 
 Copyright (c) 2009-2011 Bitcoin Developers
 Distributed under the MIT/X11 software license, see the accompanying
diff --git a/doc/README_windows.txt b/doc/README_windows.txt
index 4c2065235b..110ba717d9 100644
--- a/doc/README_windows.txt
+++ b/doc/README_windows.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Bitcoin 0.3.21 BETA
+Bitcoin 0.3.23 BETA
 
 Copyright (c) 2009-2011 Bitcoin Developers
 Distributed under the MIT/X11 software license, see the accompanying
diff --git a/doc/build-msw.txt b/doc/build-msw.txt
index e30b4ee726..1911008d1f 100644
--- a/doc/build-msw.txt
+++ b/doc/build-msw.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Libraries you need to download separately and build:
 
                 default path               download
 wxWidgets       \wxwidgets-2.9.1-mgw       http://www.wxwidgets.org/downloads/
-OpenSSL         \openssl-1.0.0c-mgw        http://www.openssl.org/source/
+OpenSSL         \openssl-1.0.0d-mgw        http://www.openssl.org/source/
 Berkeley DB     \db-4.7.25.NC-mgw          http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/berkeley-db/index.html
 Boost           \boost-1.43.0-mgw          http://www.boost.org/users/download/
 miniupnpc       \upnpc-exe-win32-20110215  http://miniupnp.tuxfamily.org/files/
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ miniupnpc      New (3-clause) BSD license
 
 Versions used in this release:
 wxWidgets    2.9.1
-OpenSSL      1.0.0c
+OpenSSL      1.0.0d
 Berkeley DB  4.7.25.NC
 Boost        1.43.0
 miniupnpc    1.5-20110215
@@ -66,15 +66,10 @@ MSYS shell:
 un-tar sources with MSYS 'tar xfz' to avoid issue with symlinks (OpenSSL ticket 2377)
 change 'MAKE' env. variable from 'C:\MinGW32\bin\mingw32-make.exe' to '/c/MinGW32/bin/mingw32-make.exe'
 
-cd /c/openssl-1.0.0c-mgw
+cd /c/openssl-1.0.0d-mgw
 ./config
 make
 
-perl util/mkdef.pl 32 libeay enable-static-engine > libeay32.def
-dllwrap --dllname libeay32.dll --output-lib libeay32.a --def libeay32.def libcrypto.a -lws2_32 -lgdi32
-
-after that openssl libeay is in main source dir (openssl-1.0.0c-mgw)
-
 Berkeley DB
 -----------
 MSYS shell:
diff --git a/doc/release-process.txt b/doc/release-process.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f8882399bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/release-process.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+
+* tag version in git
+
+  $ git tag -a v0.3.23
+
+* write release notes.  git shortlog helps a lot:
+
+  $ git shortlog --no-merges v0.3.22..
+
+* create source-only archive
+
+  $ git archive --format=tar --prefix=bitcoin-0.3.23/ HEAD | \
+  	gzip -9c > ~/tmp/bitcoin-0.3.23-src.tar.gz 
+
+* perform gitian builds
+
+  { insert useful info here }
+ 
+* upload source and builds to SF
+
+* update bitcoin.org version
+
+* update forum version
+
+* update wiki
+
+* update wiki download links
+
+