Maintainer Notes

These notes are directed towards helping with the maintenance of the Specter project.

Releasing a new version of Specter

1. Start with a fresh local branch.

   git checkout -b prep_for_release
   

2. Update and commit release notes in docs/release_notes/index.rst.

3. Execute bumpversion.

   # Available parts: major, minor, patch
   bumpversion <part>
   

4. Push up branch and tag

   git push origin prep_for_release --tags
   

5. Create PR.

6. Wait for CI to pass and PR to merge.

7. Remove old packages

   rm -r dist
   

8. Build sdist and wheel

   python setup.py sdist
   python setup.py bdist_wheel
   

9. Upload to PyPI

   twine upload dist/*