1) find . -type f | egrep -v '.svn|RELEASE' | \
       xargs perl -pi -e 's,1.07-dev,1.08,g'

   Update Changes - add the date for 1.08 entry

   svn ci -m "prep 1.08 release"

2) make distclean

3) perl Makefile.PL

4) make all test install

5) make dist clean

6) svn copy -m "tag 1.08" \
       https://svn.perl.org/modules/Apache-DBI/trunk \
       https://svn.perl.org/modules/Apache-DBI/tags/rel_1_08

7) find . -type f | egrep -v '.svn|Changes|RELEASE' | \
       xargs perl -pi -e 's,1.08,1.08-dev,g'

8) Add an entry to Changes for 1.08-dev

9) svn ci -m "roll on to 1.08-dev"

10) forward the PAUSE email with MD5 sum and Changes to 
    modperl@perl.apache.org.