From 513e9fc55c7882b4c6c36a399da68be4e8b48bf9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Limoncelli <tlimoncelli@stackoverflow.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2018 14:20:19 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Update RELEASE_ENGINEERING.md

---
 RELEASE_ENGINEERING.md | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/RELEASE_ENGINEERING.md b/RELEASE_ENGINEERING.md
index 9e5c7ba..f128de5 100644
--- a/RELEASE_ENGINEERING.md
+++ b/RELEASE_ENGINEERING.md
@@ -45,6 +45,17 @@ Build Tasks
 Stable Releases
 ===============
 
+Step 0. Test the software
+
+Run this command to run the unit and system tests:
+
+```
+make test
+```
+
+NOTE: The tests require pinentry-tty. On macOS with NIX this
+can be installed via: `nix-env -i pinentry`
+
 Marking the software to be "stable":
 
 Step 1.  Update CHANGELOG.md