v6.0.1

1. Pre-release tasks
2. Full release tasks

Release Timeline

February, 25 2025: Code Freeze - Only Release Notes, Version Number fixes, and release-related PRs will be merged after this point

February 26, 2025: Actual SasModels 1.0.9 Release Date

March 14, 2025 (No later than): SasView 6.0.1 Release

Potential Bug Fixes (And associated PRs)

SasView Bug List

sasview

Issue Number(s)	Short description	branch name	PR (if applicable)	Status
-	6.01 version and contributors	-	SasView#3192	Merged Feb. 11, 2025
SasView#1633	Model editor syntax validation	-	SasView#2901	Merged on Feb. 25, 2025
SasView#2868	Call System CSV Viewer	-	SasView#3186	Merged on Jan. 30, 2025
SasView#3020	Linear fits cause plots to rescale	-	SasView#3187	Merged on Feb. 25, 2025
SasView#3134	OSX notarization key expired	-	SasView#3183	Merged on Jan. 15, 2025
SasView#3142 and SasView#3132	Documentation cannot be found in Linux due to pathing issues	platfromdirs	WIP: SasView#3166	Not Included in 6.0.1
SasView#3147 (Close?)	Stopped/Failed P(Q)*S(Q) fits break the fit tab	-	SasView#3172	Merged on Feb. 20, 2025
SasView#3157 (Close?)	Plot scaling issues introduced in v6.0.0	-	SasView#3184	Merged on Feb. 21, 2025
SasView#3159	Fitting parameters blanking in certain cases	-	SasView#3160 and SasView#3190	Last PR Merged on Jan. 24, 2025
SasView#3178	GSC leaves text in status bar	-	SasView#3185	Merged on Jan. 15, 2025
SasView#3189	Tick labels throwing errors	-	SasView#3191	Merged on Jan. 28, 2025
SasView#3198	Extra Signal Causing Duplicate Data	-	SasView#3199	Merged on Jan. 29, 2025
SasView #3209	New Version Pop-Up Window	-	SasView#3216	Merged on Feb. 25, 2025
SasView #3211	SasModels Doc Build Fails on Windows	-	SasView#3212	Merged on Feb. 21, 2025
SasView #3213	Remove Bookmark Button	-	SasView#3217	Merged on Feb. 25, 2025

SasModels Bug List

sasmodels

Issue Number(s)	Short description	branch name	PR (if applicable)	Status
-	Broken links in readme	-	SasModels#614	Merged on Jan. 21, 2025
-	Action upload-artifact v4	-	SasModels#632	Merged on Feb. 20, 2025
SasModels#298	Integer Number of Star Polymer Arms	298-star-polymer-integer-arms	SasModels#631	Move to SasModels 1.10.0
SasModels#578	Update Core Shell Sphere Model Docs	-	SasModels#629	Merged on Feb. 14, 2025
SasModels#306	Handling of Q==0.0 in Models	-	SasModels#626 and SasModels#625	Last PR Merged on Feb. 12, 2025
SasModels#579 and SasModels#589	Documentation for complex number support	-	SasModels#628	Merged on Feb. 25, 2025
SasModels#591	Add model reference	-	SasModels#620	Merged on Jan. 21, 2025
SasModels#598 and SasModels#604	SasModels numpy 2+ compatibility	-	SasModels#613	Merged on Nov. 26, 2024
SasModels#605	Allow Py-C models to be reparameterized	-	SasModels#623	Merged on Feb. 12, 2025
SasModels#606	Set Polydispersity limits to match SasView behavior	606_pd_limits	SasModels#627	Move to SasModels 1.10.0
SasModels#612	Remove langevin from C library	-	SasModels#624	Merged on Feb. 11, 2025
SasModels#617	Fix paralellpiped formula in documentation	-	SasModels#619	Merged on Jan. 17, 2025
SasModels#618	Scipy and pytest conflicts	-	SasModels#621	Merged on Jan. 16, 2025

Pre-release tasks

• Create SasView branch from v6.0.1 release point: release_6.0.1
• Lock SasView:release_6.0.1 branch
• Create sasmodels branch from v1.0.9 release point
• Lock sasmodels:release_1.0.9 branch
• Update branch workflow to use sasmodels release branch (PR SasView#3192)
• Compile list of potential bug fixes to add to this release
• Choose bug fixes that will be added to release
• Update version number
• Change the version number of the target folder (in installers/installer.iss)
• Update version number in /sas/system/config/config.py > LAST_WHATS_NEW_HIDDEN_VERSION to previous version number (In Progress https://github.com/SasView/sasview/pull/3225)
• Create What's New messages in sasview/src/sas/qtgui/Utilities/WhatsNew/messages (In Progress https://github.com/SasView/sasview/pull/3225)

Full release

• Check & update lists of developers/contributors (release_automation.py & contributors.tsv)
• Release notes on github (update notes and remove pre-release) (In Progress https://github.com/SasView/sasview/pull/3225)
• run python ./sasview/build_tools/release_automation.py with appropriate arguments to generate a zenodo record, and update the license and copyright years (In Progress https://github.com/SasView/sasview/pull/3225)
• Update docs on website
• Update release link on sasview.org
• Update latestversion.json
• Update 'Current Release' link in download.md
• Create post on website to announce new release
• Announce release to [email protected] (with 'newsletter')
• Announce release to sa_scat & neutron mailing lists
• Publish zenodo
• Publish sasmodels on pypi (no sasdata changes)
• Merge release branches with primary
  • sasview main
  • sasmodels master (In progress: https://github.com/SasView/sasmodels/pull/637)
• Increment version number to x.x.x.a1 (sasview and sasmodels)
• Release conda package