SunPy Minor Release Checklist

sunpy-minor-checklist.md

• Add a new heading for the next release in the CHANGELOG.md file.

• Run the tests:

python setup.py test

• Update version number in setup.py [don't commit yet]
• Build the source distribution:

python setup.py sdist

• Test that the sdist installs:

conda create -n sunpy-install python=2.7 numpy scipy astropy matplotlib pandas requests beautiful-soup scikit-image suds-jurko pytest sqlalchemy glymur wcsaxes

source activate sunpy-install

cd dist
tar -xvf sunpy-0.7.1.tar.gz
cd sunpy-0.7.1/
python setup.py install

• Check that the sunpy.__version__ number is correct.
• Run sunpy.self_test() to check that installed tests work

pip uninstall sunpy
deactivate

• Commit the changes:

git add .
git commit -m "Release 0.1.1"

• Push to the release branch on SunPy (the version number branch).

git push
< PR to release branch and merge >

• Test that RTD is building the documentation correctly on release branch (and the version is correct).

• Check that Travis is passing

• Check that appveyor passes

• Release on PyPI:

python setup.py register
python setup.py sdist upload

• Test that it pip installs:

cd ~
workon pipsunpy
pip uninstall sunpy
pip install sunpy

• Check sunpy imports, version is correct and self_test() passes

pip uninstall sunpy
deactivate

• Tag the last git commit with the version number (use GitHub Releases)

Tag should be full version number preceeded by a v.

• Update and make sure all builds of the sunpy/conda-package-build repo are complete, and the binaries are in binstar.

• Enable the tag on RTD.

• Push the code to the stable branch via PR

• Send release announcement to mailing lists

• Post release announcement on social media sites

• Drink Beer.