RELEASE.md

Release process for lazy-loader

Introduction

Example version number

• 1.8.dev0 # development version of 1.8 (release candidate 1)
• 1.8rc1 # 1.8 release candidate 1
• 1.8rc2.dev0 # development version of 1.8 release candidate 2
• 1.8 # 1.8 release
• 1.9.dev0 # development version of 1.9 (release candidate 1)

Process

• Set release variables:

  export VERSION=<version number>
  export PREVIOUS=<previous version number>
  export ORG="scientific-python"
  export REPO="lazy-loader"
  export LOG="CHANGELOG.md"
  

• Autogenerate release notes

  changelist ${ORG}/${REPO} v${PREVIOUS} main --version ${VERSION} --config pyproject.toml --out ${VERSION}.md
  

• Put the output of the above command at the top of CHANGELOG.md

  cat ${VERSION}.md | cat - ${LOG} > temp && mv temp ${LOG}
  

• Update version in lazy_loader/__init__.py.

• Commit changes:

  git add lazy_loader/__init__.py ${LOG}
  git commit -m "Designate ${VERSION} release"
  

• Tag the release in git:

  git tag -s v${VERSION} -m "signed ${VERSION} tag"
  

  If you do not have a gpg key, use -u instead; it is important for Debian packaging that the tags are annotated

• Push the new meta-data to github:

  git push --tags origin main
  

  where origin is the name of the github.com:scientific-python/lazy-loader repository

• Create release from tag

  - go to https://github.com/scientific-python/lazy-loader/releases/new?tag=v${VERSION}
  - add v${VERSION} for the `Release title`
  - paste contents (or upload) of ${VERSION}.md in the `Describe this release section`
  - if pre-release check the box labelled `Set as a pre-release`
  

• Update https://github.com/scientific-python/lazy-loader/milestones:

  - close old milestone
  - ensure new milestone exists (perhaps setting due date)
  

• Update version in lazy_loader/__init__.py.

• Commit changes:

  git add lazy_loader/__init__.py
  git commit -m 'Bump version'
  git push origin main