My PyPI Release Checklist 2 (now with bumpversion)

pypi-release-checklist2.md

• Update HISTORY.rst
• Commit the changes:

git add HISTORY.rst
git commit -m "Changelog for upcoming release 0.1.1."

• Update version number (can also be patch or major)

bumpversion minor

• Install the package again for local development, but with the new version number:

python setup.py develop

• Run the tests:

tox

• Release on PyPI by uploading both sdist and wheel:

python setup.py sdist upload
python setup.py bdist_wheel upload

• Test that it pip installs:

mktmpenv
pip install my_project
<try out my_project>
deactivate

• Push: git push
• Push tags: git push --tags
• Check the PyPI listing page to make sure that the README, release notes, and roadmap display properly. If not, copy and paste the RestructuredText into http://rst.ninjs.org/ to find out what broke the formatting.
• Edit the release on GitHub (e.g. https://github.com/audreyr/cookiecutter/releases). Paste the release notes into the release's release page, and come up with a title for the release.

Check the PyPI listing page to make sure that the README, release notes, and roadmap display properly. If not, copy and paste the RestructuredText into http://rst.ninjs.org/ to find out what broke the formatting.

From https://github.com/pypa/readme , this should parse the python package long_description string with docutils:

pip install readme
python setup.py check -r -s

• [[ ]] the link to the previous checklist still points to the previous checklist: https://github.com/audreyr/cookiecutter-pypackage#quickstart

Thanks for this great resource! Twine is now the recommended way to package for building and uploading packages to PyPI. Instructions are on the linked URL.