release-process.rst

Release process

Run tests on target brunch

Steps:

tox -epep8
tox -esphinx-docs

Release new version

In repo root and master branch run:

bump2version <release_kind {major|minor|patch}>
git push --follow-tags

Cut off stable branch

Steps:

git checkout -b vX.X.X-stable
git push origin vX.X.X-stable

Create GitHub tag

Steps:

Releases ---> Draft New Release
Name: python-testrelease version X.X.X stable release

Collect changes from previous version

Steps:

git log --oneline --decorate

Build distribution package

Steps:

python setup.py bdist_wheel

Check install capability for the wheel

Steps:

virtualenv .test_venv
source .test_venv/bin/activate
pip install dist/testcontainer-X.X.X-py2.py3-none-any.whl