diff --git a/railties/Rakefile b/railties/Rakefile
index b6ae15a82cfad6ed7557148306915bd920466ede..7bd46815ce52d2c3c7787db79fc234b3ace702e1 100644
--- a/railties/Rakefile
+++ b/railties/Rakefile
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ task :pgem => [:gem] do
 end
 
 desc "Publish the release files to RubyForge."
-task :release => [:package] do
+task :release => [:gem] do
   files = ["gem"].map { |ext| "pkg/#{PKG_FILE_NAME}.#{ext}" }
 
   if RUBY_FORGE_PROJECT then
diff --git a/release.rb b/release.rb
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5d73d75d25c853b085d3b1870b3fc802cde7becc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/usr/local/bin/ruby
+
+PACKAGES = %w( activesupport activerecord actionpack actionmailer actionwebservice )
+
+unless ruby_forge_password = ARGV.first
+  print "rubyforge.org's password: "
+  ruby_forge_password = STDIN.gets.chomp
+end
+
+# Checkout source
+`rm -rf release* && svn export http://dev.rubyonrails.org/svn/rails/trunk release`
+
+# Create Rails packages
+`cd release/railties && rake template=jamis package`
+
+# Upload documentation
+`cd release/rails/doc/api && scp -r * davidhh@comox.textdrive.com:public_html/rails`
+PACKAGES.each do |p| 
+  `cd release/#{p} && echo "Publishing documentation for #{p}" && rake template=jamis pdoc`
+end
+
+# Upload packages
+(PACKAGES + %w(railties)).each do |p| 
+  `cd release/#{p} && echo "Releasing #{p}" && RUBY_FORGE_PASSWORD=#{ruby_forge_password} rake release`
+end
+
+# Upload rails tgz/zip
+
+# Create SVN tag
+