ReleaseProcess

Release Process

Here's the list of steps to do a release.

1. verify with others on IRC that we're good to go

2. do a git fetch and make sure you have the latest code

3. run the unit tests:

./runtests.sh

If any tests fail, proceed no further!

4. update version numbers

1. setup.py
2. docs/conf.py

5. tag

git tag -a vX.Y.Z

6. generate documentation

FIXME - this step needs more work

./generatedocs.sh

7. build the tarfile

FIXME - this step needs to incorporate the generated docs above; probably need to add an optional argument to maketarball.sh that takes a directory of stuff to add to the tarball after it's been created.

./maketarball.sh <TAG>

8. push the tarball to the site

FIXME - we need to set this up

9. update PYPI

FIXME - need instructions, accounts, etc

10. update version numbers in git

1. setup.py
2. docs/conf.py

11. announce the release