diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 96e3e39..4af3834 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ SYSTEM_MENU_DIR = ${datadir}/applications
 WALLPAPERS_DIR = ${kdedatadir}/wallpapers
 STATIC_DIR = /static
 
+# package related variables
+distdir = $(NAME)-$(VERSION)
+dist_archive = $(distdir).tar.bz2
+
 pck_catalogs := $(wildcard installer/po/*.po)
 
 .SUFFIXES:
@@ -80,10 +84,15 @@ install: install-dirs install-locales install-icons
 clean: 
 
 dist: clean
-	@tar cf - -C .. $(NAME)-$(VERSION) --exclude=$(NAME)-$(VERSION).tar.bz2 | bzip2 -9 -c > $(NAME)-$(VERSION).tar.bz2
-	rm -f $(pck_catalogs:.po=.mo)
+	@git log > ChangeLog.git
+	@mkdir /tmp/$(distdir)
+	@cp -a * /tmp/$(distdir)/
+	@rm -f $(dist_archive);\
+	tar cf - -C /tmp $(distdir) | bzip2 -9 -c > $(dist_archive)
+	@rm -rf /tmp/$(distdir)
+	@echo "file \`$(dist_archive)' created"
 
 dist-rpm: dist
 	@rpm_sourcedir=`rpm --eval=%{_sourcedir}`;\
-	mv -f $(NAME)-$(VERSION).tar.bz2 $$rpm_sourcedir;\
-	echo "File $$rpm_sourcedir/$(NAME)-$(VERSION).tar.bz2 created."
+	mv -f $(dist_archive) $$rpm_sourcedir;\
+	echo "and saved as \`$$rpm_sourcedir/$(dist_archive)'"
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index a9c4fdf..162dc4c 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-VERSION=2.3.10
+VERSION=2.3.12
 
 
diff --git a/installer/po/es.mo b/installer/po/es.mo
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index acc9f63..0000000
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diff --git a/installer/po/it.mo b/installer/po/it.mo
deleted file mode 100644
index 5639c3a..0000000
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