diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 089922f0..503429fc 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ NEWS ( CHANGELOG and HISTORY )                                     HTMLPurifier
     . Internal change
 ==========================
 
+1.7.0, unknown release date
+
 1.6.0, released 2007-04-01
 ! Support for most common deprecated attributes via transformations:
   + bgcolor in td, th, tr and table
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ce6a70b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1.6.0
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diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4d082b0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+The 1.6.0 release, code-named Long-Overdue, contains added support
+for a number of deprecated attributes HTML Purifier should have
+had from the very beginning, including the name, bgcolor, border,
+width and height attributes. The CSS property 'height',
+rel and rev attributes, ID blacklist regexps are also available.
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diff --git a/package.php b/package.php
index 8ee09e55..622c1f93 100644
--- a/package.php
+++ b/package.php
@@ -29,15 +29,18 @@ $pkg->setDescription(
 
 $pkg->addMaintainer('lead', 'edwardzyang', 'Edward Z. Yang', 'htmlpurifier@jpsband.org', 'yes');
 
+$version = file_get_contents('VERSION');
+$api_version = substr($version, 0, strrpos($version, '.'));
+
 $pkg->setChannel('hp.jpsband.org');
-$pkg->setAPIVersion('1.5');
+$pkg->setAPIVersion($api_version);
 $pkg->setAPIStability('stable');
-$pkg->setReleaseVersion('1.5.0');
+$pkg->setReleaseVersion($version);
 $pkg->setReleaseStability('stable');
 
 $pkg->addRelease();
 
-$pkg->setNotes('Major bugs were fixed and some major internal refactoring was undertaken. The visible changes include XHTML 1.1-style modularization of HTMLDefinition, rudimentary internationalization, and a fix for a fatal error when the PHP4 DOM XML extension was loaded. The x subtag is now allowed in language codes. Element by element AllowedAttribute declaration is now possible for global attributes. Instead of *.class, you can write span.class. The old syntax still works, and enables the attribute for all elements.');
+$pkg->setNotes(file_get_contents('WHATSNEW'));
 $pkg->setPackageType('php');
 
 $pkg->setPhpDep('4.3.9');
diff --git a/release.php b/release.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c3ab0d84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release.php
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+<?php
+
+// release script
+// PHP 5.0 only
+
+if (php_sapi_name() != 'cli') {
+    echo 'Release script cannot be called from web-browser.';
+    exit;
+}
+
+if (!isset($argv[1])) {
+    echo 
+'php release.php [version]
+    HTML Purifier release script
+';
+    exit;
+}
+
+$version = trim($argv[1]);
+
+// Bump version numbers:
+
+// ...in VERSION
+file_put_contents('VERSION', $version);
+
+// ...in NEWS
+$date = date('Y-m-d');
+$news_c = str_replace(
+    $l = "$version, unknown release date",
+    "$version, released $date",
+    file_get_contents('NEWS'),
+    $c
+);
+if (!$c) {
+    echo 'Could not update NEWS, missing ' . $l . PHP_EOL;
+    exit;
+} elseif ($c > 1) {
+    echo 'More than one release declaration in NEWS replaced' . PHP_EOL;
+    exit;
+}
+file_put_contents('NEWS', $news_c);
+
+// ...in Doxyfile
+$doxyfile_c = preg_replace(
+    '/(?<=PROJECT_NUMBER {9}= )[^\s]+/m', // brittle
+    $version,
+    file_get_contents('Doxyfile'),
+    1, $c
+);
+if (!$c) {
+    echo 'Could not update Doxyfile, missing PROJECT_NUMBER.' . PHP_EOL;
+    exit;
+}
+file_put_contents('Doxyfile', $doxyfile_c);
+
+// ...in HTMLPurifier.php
+$htmlpurifier_c = file_get_contents('library/HTMLPurifier.php');
+$htmlpurifier_c = preg_replace(
+    '/HTML Purifier .+? - /',
+    "HTML Purifier $version - ",
+    $htmlpurifier_c,
+    1, $c
+);
+if (!$c) {
+    echo 'Could not update HTMLPurifier.php, missing HTML Purifier [version] header.' . PHP_EOL;
+    exit;
+}
+$htmlpurifier_c = preg_replace(
+    '/var \$version = \'.+?\';/',
+    "var \$version = '$version';",
+    $htmlpurifier_c,
+    1, $c
+);
+if (!$c) {
+    echo 'Could not update HTMLPurifier.php, missing var $version.' . PHP_EOL;
+    exit;
+}
+file_put_contents('library/HTMLPurifier.php', $htmlpurifier_c);
+
+echo "Review changes, write something in WHATSNEW, and then SVN commit with log 'Release $version.'" . PHP_EOL;
+
+?>
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