prepare for 1.5.3 release

7 files changed, 213 insertions, 189 deletions

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.adoc b/CHANGELOG.adoc
index c875fca0..c6cec139 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.adoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.adoc
@@ -11,6 +11,112 @@ endif::[]
 This document provides a high-level view of the changes introduced in Asciidoctor by release.
 For a detailed view of what has changed, refer to the https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor/commits/master[commit history] on GitHub.
 
+== 1.5.3 (2015-10-31) - @mojavelinux
+
+Enhancements::
+  * add support for interactive & inline SVGs (#1301, #1224)
+  * add built-in manpage backend (@davidgamba) (#651)
+  * create Mallard backend; asciidoctor/asciidoctor-mallard (@bk2204) (#425)
+  * add AsciiMath to MathML converter to support AsciiMath in DocBook converter (@pepijnve) (#954)
+  * allow text of selected lines to be highlighted in source block by Pygments or CodeRay (#1429)
+  * use value of `docinfo` attribute to control docinfo behavior (#1510)
+  * add `docinfosubs` attribute to control which substitutions are performed on docinfo files (@mogztter) (#405)
+  * add title accessor as alias to main on Document::Title (@rmannibucau) (#1350)
+  * make XrefInlineRx regexp more permissive (Mathieu Boespflug) (#844)
+
+Improvements::
+  * load JavaScript and CSS at the end of HTML document (@mogztter) (#1238)
+  * list available backends in help text (@plaindocs) (#1271)
+  * properly expand tabs in literal text (#1170, #841)
+  * add `source-indent` as document attribute (@mogztter) (#1169)
+  * upgrade MathJax to 2.5.3 (#1329)
+  * upgrade Font Awesome to 4.4.0 (@mogztter) (#1465)
+  * upgrade highlight.js to 8.6 (now 8.9.1) (#1390)
+  * don't abort if syntax highlighter isn't available (#1253)
+  * insert docinfo footer below footer div (#1503)
+  * insert toc at default location in embeddable HTML (#1443)
+  * replace _ and - in generated alt text for inline images
+  * restore attributes to header attributes after parse (#1255)
+  * allow docdate and doctime to be overridden (#1495)
+  * add CSS class `.center` for center block alignment (#1456)
+  * recognize U+2022 as alternative marker for unordered lists (@mogztter) (#1177)
+  * allow videos to work for local files by prepending asset-uri-scheme (Chris) (#1320)
+  * always assign playlist param when loop option is enabled for YouTube video
+  * parse isolated version in revision line (@bk2204) (#790)
+  * autoload Tilt when template converter is instantiated (#1313)
+  * don't overwrite existing id entry in references table (#1256)
+  * use outfilesuffix attribute defined in header when resolving outfile (#1412)
+  * make AsciiDoc safe mode option on Slim engine match document (#1347)
+  * honor htmlsyntax attribute when backend is html/html5 (#1530)
+  * tighten spacing of wrapped lines in TOC (#1542)
+  * tune padding around table cells in horizontal dlist (#1418)
+  * load Droid Sans Mono 700 in default stylesheet
+  * set line height of table cells used for syntax highlighting
+  * set font-family of kbd; refine styling (#1423)
+  * extract condition into `quote_lines?` method (@mogztter)
+  * extract inline code into `read_paragraph` method (@mogztter)
+  * parent of block in ListItem should be ListItem (#1359)
+  * add helper methods to List and ListItem (#1551)
+  * add method `AbstractNode#add_role` and `AbstractNode#remove_role` (@robertpanzer) (#1366)
+  * introduce helper methods for sniffing URIs (#1422)
+  * add helper to calculate basename without file extension
+  * document `-I` and `-r` options in the manual page (@bk2204)
+  * fix `+--help+` output text for `-I` (@bk2204)
+  * don't require open-uri-cached if already loaded
+  * do not attempt to scan pattern of non-existent directory
+
+Compliance::
+  * use `<sup>` for footnote reference in text instead of `<span>` (#1523)
+  * fix alignment of wrapped text in footnote (#1524)
+  * include full stop after footnote number in embeddable HTML
+  * show manpage title & name section in embeddable HTML (#1179)
+  * resolve missing attribute in ifeval to empty string (#1387)
+  * support unbreakable & breakable options on table (rockyallen) (#1140)
+
+Bug fixes::
+  * don't truncate exception stack in `Asciidoctor.load` (#1248)
+  * don't fail to save cause of Java exception (@robertpanzer) (#1458)
+  * fix precision error in timings report (#1342)
+  * resolve regexp for inline macro lazily (#1336)
+  * block argument to `find_by` should filter results (#1393)
+  * strip comment lines in indented text of dlist item (#1537)
+  * preserve escaped delimiter at end of line in a table (#1306)
+  * correctly calculate colnames for implicit columns (#1556)
+  * don't crash if colspan exceeds colspec (#1460)
+  * account for empty records in colspec (#1375)
+  * ignore empty cols attribute on table
+  * use `.inspect` to print MathJax delimiters (again) (#1198)
+  * use while loop instead of begin/while loop to address bug in Asciidoctor.js (#1408)
+  * force encoding of attribute values passed from cli (#1191)
+  * don't copy css if stylesheet or stylesdir is a URI (#1400)
+  * fix invalid color value in default CodeRay theme
+  * built-in writer no longer fails if output is nil (#1544)
+  * custom template engine options should take precedence
+  * fallback to require with a non-relative path to support Debian package (@mogztter)
+  * pass opts to recursive invocations of `PathResolver#system_path`
+  * fix and test external links in docbook backend
+  * use format symbol `:html` instead of `:html5` for Slim to fix warnings
+  * fix documentation for inline_macro and block_macro (Andrea Bedini)
+  * fix grammar in warning messages regarding thread_safe gem
+
+Infrastructure::
+  * migrate opal_ext from core to Asciidoctor.js (#1517)
+  * add Ruby 2.2 to CI build; only specify minor Ruby versions
+  * enable containerized builds on Travis CI
+  * add config to run CI build on AppVeyor
+  * exclude benchmark folder from gem (#1522)
+
+Distribution Packages::
+
+  * http://rubygems.org/gems/asciidoctor[RubyGem (asciidoctor)]
+  * https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/rubygem-asciidoctor[Fedora (rubygem-asciidoctor)]
+  * http://packages.debian.org/sid/asciidoctor[Debian (asciidoctor)]
+  * http://packages.ubuntu.com/saucy/asciidoctor[Ubuntu (asciidoctor)]
+
+https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor/issues?q=milestone%3Av1.5.3[issues resolved] |
+https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor/releases/tag/v1.5.3[git tag] |
+https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor/compare/v1.5.2...v1.5.3[full diff]
+
 == 1.5.2 (2014-11-27) - @mojavelinux
 
 Enhancements::
@@ -63,7 +169,7 @@ Distribution Packages::
 
 https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor/issues?q=milestone%3Av1.5.2[issues resolved] |
 https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor/releases/tag/v1.5.2[git tag] |
-https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor/compare/v1.5.0...v1.5.2[full diff]
+https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor/compare/v1.5.1...v1.5.2[full diff]
 
 == 1.5.1 (2014-09-29) - @mojavelinux
 
diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index 9aed0b5b..5c8af56b 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 = Asciidoctor
 Dan Allen <https://github.com/mojavelinux[@mojavelinux]>; Sarah White <https://github.com/graphitefriction[@graphitefriction]>; Ryan Waldron <https://github.com/erebor[@erebor]>
+v1.5.3, 2015-10-31
 // settings:
 :page-layout: base
 :idprefix:
@@ -150,7 +151,7 @@ If that's the case, use the following gem command to remove the old versions:
 source 'https://rubygems.org'
 gem 'asciidoctor'
 # or specify the version explicitly
-# gem 'asciidoctor', '1.5.2'
+# gem 'asciidoctor', '1.5.3'
 ----
 
 . Save the Gemfile
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ You should see information about the Asciidoctor version and your Ruby environme
 
 [.output]
 ....
-Asciidoctor 1.5.2 [http://asciidoctor.org]
+Asciidoctor 1.5.3 [http://asciidoctor.org]
 Runtime Environment (ruby 2.2.2p95 [x86_64-linux]) (lc:UTF-8 fs:UTF-8 in:- ex:UTF-8)
 ....
 
@@ -348,6 +349,101 @@ The project was initiated in 2012 by https://github.com/erebor[Ryan Waldron] and
 
 == Changelog
 
+== 1.5.3 (2015-10-31) - @mojavelinux
+
+Enhancements::
+  * add support for interactive & inline SVGs (#1301, #1224)
+  * add built-in manpage backend (@davidgamba) (#651)
+  * create Mallard backend; asciidoctor/asciidoctor-mallard (@bk2204) (#425)
+  * add AsciiMath to MathML converter to support AsciiMath in DocBook converter (@pepijnve) (#954)
+  * allow text of selected lines to be highlighted in source block by Pygments or CodeRay (#1429)
+  * use value of `docinfo` attribute to control docinfo behavior (#1510)
+  * add `docinfosubs` attribute to control which substitutions are performed on docinfo files (@mogztter) (#405)
+  * add title accessor as alias to main on Document::Title (@rmannibucau) (#1350)
+  * make XrefInlineRx regexp more permissive (Mathieu Boespflug) (#844)
+
+Improvements::
+  * load JavaScript and CSS at the end of HTML document (@mogztter) (#1238)
+  * list available backends in help text (@plaindocs) (#1271)
+  * properly expand tabs in literal text (#1170, #841)
+  * add `source-indent` as document attribute (@mogztter) (#1169)
+  * upgrade MathJax to 2.5.3 (#1329)
+  * upgrade Font Awesome to 4.4.0 (@mogztter) (#1465)
+  * upgrade highlight.js to 8.6 (now 8.9.1) (#1390)
+  * don't abort if syntax highlighter isn't available (#1253)
+  * insert docinfo footer below footer div (#1503)
+  * insert toc at default location in embeddable HTML (#1443)
+  * replace _ and - in generated alt text for inline images
+  * restore attributes to header attributes after parse (#1255)
+  * allow docdate and doctime to be overridden (#1495)
+  * add CSS class `.center` for center block alignment (#1456)
+  * recognize U+2022 as alternative marker for unordered lists (@mogztter) (#1177)
+  * allow videos to work for local files by prepending asset-uri-scheme (Chris) (#1320)
+  * always assign playlist param when loop option is enabled for YouTube video
+  * parse isolated version in revision line (@bk2204) (#790)
+  * autoload Tilt when template converter is instantiated (#1313)
+  * don't overwrite existing id entry in references table (#1256)
+  * use outfilesuffix attribute defined in header when resolving outfile (#1412)
+  * make AsciiDoc safe mode option on Slim engine match document (#1347)
+  * honor htmlsyntax attribute when backend is html/html5 (#1530)
+  * tighten spacing of wrapped lines in TOC (#1542)
+  * tune padding around table cells in horizontal dlist (#1418)
+  * load Droid Sans Mono 700 in default stylesheet
+  * set line height of table cells used for syntax highlighting
+  * set font-family of kbd; refine styling (#1423)
+  * extract condition into `quote_lines?` method (@mogztter)
+  * extract inline code into `read_paragraph` method (@mogztter)
+  * parent of block in ListItem should be ListItem (#1359)
+  * add helper methods to List and ListItem (#1551)
+  * add method `AbstractNode#add_role` and `AbstractNode#remove_role` (@robertpanzer) (#1366)
+  * introduce helper methods for sniffing URIs (#1422)
+  * add helper to calculate basename without file extension
+  * document `-I` and `-r` options in the manual page (@bk2204)
+  * fix `+--help+` output text for `-I` (@bk2204)
+  * don't require open-uri-cached if already loaded
+  * do not attempt to scan pattern of non-existent directory
+
+Compliance::
+  * use `<sup>` for footnote reference in text instead of `<span>` (#1523)
+  * fix alignment of wrapped text in footnote (#1524)
+  * include full stop after footnote number in embeddable HTML
+  * show manpage title & name section in embeddable HTML (#1179)
+  * resolve missing attribute in ifeval to empty string (#1387)
+  * support unbreakable & breakable options on table (rockyallen) (#1140)
+
+Bug fixes::
+  * don't truncate exception stack in `Asciidoctor.load` (#1248)
+  * don't fail to save cause of Java exception (@robertpanzer) (#1458)
+  * fix precision error in timings report (#1342)
+  * resolve regexp for inline macro lazily (#1336)
+  * block argument to `find_by` should filter results (#1393)
+  * strip comment lines in indented text of dlist item (#1537)
+  * preserve escaped delimiter at end of line in a table (#1306)
+  * correctly calculate colnames for implicit columns (#1556)
+  * don't crash if colspan exceeds colspec (#1460)
+  * account for empty records in colspec (#1375)
+  * ignore empty cols attribute on table
+  * use `.inspect` to print MathJax delimiters (again) (#1198)
+  * use while loop instead of begin/while loop to address bug in Asciidoctor.js (#1408)
+  * force encoding of attribute values passed from cli (#1191)
+  * don't copy css if stylesheet or stylesdir is a URI (#1400)
+  * fix invalid color value in default CodeRay theme
+  * built-in writer no longer fails if output is nil (#1544)
+  * custom template engine options should take precedence
+  * fallback to require with a non-relative path to support Debian package (@mogztter)
+  * pass opts to recursive invocations of `PathResolver#system_path`
+  * fix and test external links in docbook backend
+  * use format symbol `:html` instead of `:html5` for Slim to fix warnings
+  * fix documentation for inline_macro and block_macro (Andrea Bedini)
+  * fix grammar in warning messages regarding thread_safe gem
+
+Infrastructure::
+  * migrate opal_ext from core to Asciidoctor.js (#1517)
+  * add Ruby 2.2 to CI build; only specify minor Ruby versions
+  * enable containerized builds on Travis CI
+  * add config to run CI build on AppVeyor
+  * exclude benchmark folder from gem (#1522)
+
 == 1.5.2 (2014-11-27) - @mojavelinux
 
 Enhancements::
@@ -411,183 +507,4 @@ Improvements::
   * add test for usage of image block macro with data URI
   * use badges from shields.io in README
 
-=== 1.5.0 (2014-08-12) - @mojavelinux
-
-Performance::
-
-  * 10% increase in speed compared to 0.1.4
-  * rewrite built-in converters in Ruby instead of ERB
-
-Enhancements::
-
-  * introduce new curved quote syntax (pass:["`double quotes`"], pass:['`single quotes`']) if compat-mode attribute not set (#1046)
-  * add single curved quote replacement for pass:[`'] (#715)
-  * use backtick (pass:[`]) for monospaced text if compat-mode attribute not set (#714, #718)
-  * use single and double plus (pass:[+], pass:[++]) for inline passthrough if compat-mode attribute not set (#714, #718)
-  * disable single quotes as formatting marks for emphasized text if compat-mode attribute not set (#717)
-  * enable compat-mode by default if document has atx-style doctitle
-  * output phrase surrounded by # as marked text (i.e., <mark>) (#225)
-  * add MathJax integration and corresponding blocks and macros (#492, #760)
-  * switch to open source fonts (Open Sans, Noto Serif and Droid Sans Mono) in default stylesheet, major refinements to theme (#879)
-  * embed remote images when data-uri and allow-uri-read attributes are set (#612)
-  * support leveloffset on include directive and honor relative leveloffset values (#530)
-  * switch default docbook backend to docbook5 (@bk2204) (#554)
-  * added hide-uri-scheme attribute to hide uri scheme in automatic links (#800)
-  * allow substitutions to be incrementally added & removed (#522)
-  * add compatibility with Opal, add shim compat library, use compatibility regexp, require libraries properly (@mogztter) (#679, #836, #846)
-  * output XHTML when backend is xhtml or xhtml5 (#494)
-  * add shorthand subs and specialchars as an alias for specialcharacters (#579)
-  * deprecate toc2 attribute in favor of position and placement values on toc attribute (e.g., toc=left) (#706)
-  * add source map (file and line number) information to blocks (#861)
-  * write to file by default if input is file (#907)
-  * add -r and -I flags from ruby command to asciidoctor command for loading additional libraries (#574)
-  * support backslash (\) as line continuation character in the value of an attribute entry (#1022)
-  * disable subs on pass block by default (#737)
-  * add basic support for resolving xref target from reftext (#589)
-  * add time range anchor to video element (#886)
-  * match implicit URLs that use the file scheme (#853)
-  * added sectnumlevels to control depth of section numbering (#549)
-  * add hardbreaks option to block (#630)
-  * sub attributes in manname (e.g., pass:[{docname}])
-  * warn on reference to missing attribute if attribute-missing is "warn"
-  * only enable toc macro if toc is enabled and toc-placement attribute has the value macro (#706)
-  * add sectnums attribute as alternative alias to numbered attribute (#684)
-
-Improvements::
-
-  * don't select lines that contain a tag directive when including tagged lines, make tag regexp more strict (#1027)
-  * use https scheme for assets by default
-  * upgrade to Font Awesome 4.1 (@mogztter) (#752)
-  * improve print styles, add print styles for book doctype (@leif81) (#997, #952)
-  * add proper grid and frame styles for tables (@leif81) (#569)
-  * use glyphs for checkboxes when not using font icons (#878)
-  * prefer source-language attribute over language attribute for defining default source language (#888)
-  * pass document as first argument to process method on Preprocessor
-  * don't parse link attributes when linkattrs is set unless text contains equal sign
-  * detect bare links, mark with bare class; don't repeat URL of bare link in print styles
-  * allow Treeprocessor#process method to replace tree (#1035)
-  * add AbstractNode#find_by method to locate nodes in tree (#862)
-  * add API for parsing title and subtitle (#1000)
-  * add use_fallback option to doctitle, document method
-  * constrain subscript & superscript markup (#564, #936)
-  * match cell specs when cell separator is customized (#985)
-  * use stylesheet to set default table width (#975)
-  * display nested elements correctly in toc (@kenfinnigan) (#967)
-  * add support for id attribute on links (@mogztter) (#935)
-  * add support for title attribute on links (@aslakknutsen)
-  * add -t flag to cli to control output of timing information (@mogztter) (#909)
-  * rewrite converter API (#778)
-  * rewrite extensions to support extension instances for AsciidoctorJ (#804)
-  * integrate thread_safe gem (#638)
-  * allow inline macro extensions that define a custom regexp to be matched (#792)
-  * make Reader#push_include work with default file, path and dir (@bk2204) (#743)
-  * honor custom outfilesuffix and introduce relfileprefix (#801)
-  * add author and copyright to meta in HTML5 backend (#838)
-  * output attribution in front of citetitle for quote and verse blocks
-  * recognize float style with shorthand syntax outside block (#818)
-  * honor background color in syntax highlighting themes (#813)
-  * print runtime environment in version output, support -v as version flag (#785)
-  * unwrap preamble if standalone (#533)
-  * drop leading & trailing blank lines in verbatim & raw content (#724)
-  * remove trailing endlines from source data (#727)
-  * add flag to cli to suppress warnings (#557)
-  * emit warning if tag(s) not found in include file (#639)
-  * use <th> element for vertical table headers instead of header class (@davidgamba) (#738)
-  * share select references between AsciiDoc-style cell & main document (#729)
-  * number chapters sequentially, always (#685)
-  * add vbar attribute, make brvbar resolve properly (#643)
-  * add implicit user-home attribute that resolves to user's home directory (#629)
-  * enable sidebar toc for small screens (#628)
-  * add square brackets around button in HTML output (#631)
-  * make language hover text work for all languages in listing block
-  * set background color on toc2 to cover scrolling content (@neher)
-  * make document parsing a discrete step, make Reader accessible as property on Document
-  * allow custom converter to set backend info such as outfilesuffix and htmlsyntax
-  * report an informative error message when a converter cannot be resolved (@mogztter)
-  * add conum class to b element when icons are disabled, make conum CSS selector more specific
-  * expose Document object to extension point IncludeProcessor (@aslakknutsen)
-  * style audioblock title, simplify rules for block titles
-  * alias :name_attributes to :positional_attributes in extension DSL
-  * upgrade to highlight.js 7.4 (and later 8.0) (@mogztter) (#756)
-
-Compliance::
-
-  * only include xmlns in docbook45 backend if xmlns attribute is specified (#929)
-  * add xmlns attribute for xhtml output (@bk2204)
-  * warn if table without a body is converted to DocBook (#961)
-  * wrap <para> around admonition inside example block in DocBook 4.5 (#931)
-  * use <informalfigure> if block image doesn't have a title (#927)
-  * fix invalid docbook when adding role to formatted text (#956)
-  * move all compliance flags to Compliance module (#624)
-  * add compliance setting to control use of shorthand property syntax (#789)
-  * wrap top-level content inside preamble in DocBook backend when doctype is book (#971)
-  * escape special chars in image alt text (#972)
-  * set starting number in ordered list for docbook (@megathaum) (#925)
-  * match word characters in regular expressions as defined by Unicode (#892)
-  * put source language class names on child code element of pre element (#921)
-  * ignore case of attribute in conditional directives (#903)
-  * allow attribute entry to reset / reseed counter (#870)
-  * allow doctype to be set in AsciiDoc table cell (#863)
-  * match URL macro following entity (@jmbruel) (#819)
-  * handle BOM when normalizing source (#824)
-  * don't output revhistory if revdate is not set (#802)
-  * perform normal subs on verse content (#799)
-  * automatically wrap part intro content in partintro block, emit warning if part is invalid (#768)
-  * force encoding of docinfo content to UTF-8 (#773)
-  * add scaling & alignment attributes to block image in DocBook backend (#763)
-  * add support for pass:[anchor:<id>[<reftext>\]] macro (#531)
-  * substitute anchor and xref macros in footnotes (#676)
-  * remove all string mutation operations for compatibility with Opal (#735)
-  * honor reftext defined in embedded section title anchor (#697)
-  * allow spaces in reftext defined in block anchor (#695)
-  * use reftext of section or block in text of xref link (#693)
-  * number sections in appendix using appendix number (#683)
-  * unescape escaped square closing bracket in footnote text (#677)
-  * support quoted index terms that may contain commas (#597)
-  * don't assign role attribute if quoted text has no roles (#647)
-  * disallow quoted values in block and inline anchors
-  * add % to scaledwidth if no units given
-  * ignore block attribute with unquoted value None
-  * preserve entity references with 5 digits
-
-Bug Fixes::
-
-  * resolve relative paths relative to base_dir in unsafe mode (#690)
-  * properly handle nested passthroughs (#1034)
-  * don't clobber outfilesuffix attribute if locked (#1024)
-  * correctly calculate columns if colspan used in first row of table (#924)
-  * pass theme to Pygments when pygments-css=style (#919)
-  * fallback to text lexer when using pygments for source highlighting (#987)
-  * only make special section if style is specified (#917)
-  * an unresolved footnote ref should not crash processor (#876)
-  * rescue failure to resolve ::Dir.home (#896)
-  * recognize Windows UNC path as absolute and preserve it (#806)
-  * adjust file glob to account for backslash in Windows paths (#805)
-  * don't match e-mail address inside URL (#866)
-  * test include directive resolves file with space in name (#798)
-  * return nil from Reader#push_include and Reader#pop_include methods (#745)
-  * fixed broken passthroughs caused by source highlighting (#720)
-  * copy custom stylesheet if linkcss is set (#300)
-  * honor list continuations for indented, nested list items (#664)
-  * fix syntax errors in converters (@jljouannic)
-  * fix iconfont-remote setting
-  * fix syntax error (target -> node.target) in Docbook 5 converter (@jf647)
-  * output and style HTML for toc macro correctly
-
-Infrastructure::
-
-  * add Ruby 2.1 to list of supported platforms
-  * reenable rbx in Travis build
-  * switch tests to minitest (@ktdreyer)
-  * update RPM for Fedora Rawhide (@ktdreyer)
-  * refactor unit tests so they work in RubyMine (@cmoulliard)
-  * add preliminary benchmark files to repository (#1021)
-  * clean out old fixtures from test suite (#960)
-  * add initial Cucumber test infrastructure (#731)
-  * use gem tasks from Bundler in Rakefile (#654)
-  * build gemspec files using git ls-tree (#653)
-  * use in-process web server for URI tests
-  * update manpage to reflect updates in 1.5.0
-  * rework README (@mogztter) (#651)
-
 Refer to the {uri-changelog}[CHANGELOG] for a complete list of changes in older releases.
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 3fcf7a23..702db12f 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -127,9 +127,10 @@ begin
   require 'bundler/gem_tasks'
 
   # Enhance the release task to create an explicit commit for the release
-  Rake::Task[:release].enhance [:commit_release]
+  #Rake::Task[:release].enhance [:commit_release]
 
   # NOTE you don't need to push after updating version and committing locally
+  # WARNING no longer works; it's now necessary to get master in a state ready for tagging
   task :commit_release do
     Bundler::GemHelper.new.send(:guard_clean)
     sh "git commit --allow-empty -a -m 'Release #{Asciidoctor::VERSION}'"
diff --git a/lib/asciidoctor/version.rb b/lib/asciidoctor/version.rb
index 01fbecd5..c51f1143 100644
--- a/lib/asciidoctor/version.rb
+++ b/lib/asciidoctor/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Asciidoctor
-  VERSION = '1.5.3.dev'
+  VERSION = '1.5.3'
 end
diff --git a/man/asciidoctor.1 b/man/asciidoctor.1
index 1f1495df..faaf41d9 100644
--- a/man/asciidoctor.1
+++ b/man/asciidoctor.1
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 .\" Generator: Asciidoctor 1.5.3
 .\"      Date: 2015-10-30
 .\"    Manual: Asciidoctor Manual
-.\"    Source: Asciidoctor 1.5.3.dev
+.\"    Source: Asciidoctor 1.5.3
 .\"  Language: English
 .\"
-.TH "ASCIIDOCTOR" "1" "2015-10-30" "Asciidoctor 1.5.3.dev" "Asciidoctor Manual"
+.TH "ASCIIDOCTOR" "1" "2015-10-30" "Asciidoctor 1.5.3" "Asciidoctor Manual"
 .ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq
 .el       .ds Aq '
 .ss \n[.ss] 0
diff --git a/man/asciidoctor.adoc b/man/asciidoctor.adoc
index c06b91c9..67e822ef 100644
--- a/man/asciidoctor.adoc
+++ b/man/asciidoctor.adoc
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Dan Allen; Sarah White; Ryan Waldron
 :doctype: manpage
 :man manual: Asciidoctor Manual
-:man source: Asciidoctor 1.5.3.dev
+:man source: Asciidoctor 1.5.3
 :page-layout: base
 
 == NAME
diff --git a/test/document_test.rb b/test/document_test.rb
index 309cddbb..eaea021c 100644
--- a/test/document_test.rb
+++ b/test/document_test.rb
@@ -1516,8 +1516,8 @@ Text that has supporting information{empty}footnote:[An example footnote.].
       assert_css '#footnotes', output, 1
       assert_css '#footnotes .footnote', output, 1
       assert_css '#footnotes .footnote#_footnote_1', output, 1
-      assert_xpath '//div[@id="footnotes"]/div[@id="_footnote_1"]/a[@href="#_footnoteref_1"][text()="1"]', output, 1
-      text = xmlnodes_at_xpath '//div[@id="footnotes"]/div[@id="_footnote_1"]/text()', output, 1
+      assert_xpath '/div[@id="footnotes"]/div[@id="_footnote_1"]/a[@href="#_footnoteref_1"][text()="1"]', output, 1
+      text = xmlnodes_at_xpath '/div[@id="footnotes"]/div[@id="_footnote_1"]/text()', output, 1
       assert_equal '. An example footnote.', text.text.strip
     end