Release Process

Script https://github.com/pinax/pinax/blob/master/check.py can help identify which apps need releases. Be sure to install requirements as specified.

  • make sure all issues are triaged
  • make sure all pull-requests are triaged
  • establish new version number based on semver
  • update docs/changelog.md
  • make sure AUTHORS is up-to-date for new contributions
  • update setup.py
  • confirm Travis CI passed
  • do a release on GitHub with tag of form v1.2.3 and release name of 1.2.3, using the changelog entry for the release notes
  • do git clean -fdx

  • publish to pypi with python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel upload

    Note: if this command fails with error: invalid command 'bdist_wheel' you need to install "wheel" in your virtualenv:

    `$ pip install wheel`

see also https://github.com/pinax/pinax/issues/113