From b309deeacd56883472381a4a3f1c9cd1237fefae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Reutemann <fracpete@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2023 10:28:44 +1200
Subject: [PATCH] added release instructions

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 pycocotools/RELEASE.md | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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+PyPi
+====
+
+Preparation:
+
+* increment version in `setup.py`
+* commit/push all changes
+
+Commands for releasing on pypi.org (requires twine >= 1.8.0):
+
+```
+find -name "*~" -delete
+rm dist/*
+./venv/bin/python setup.py clean
+./venv/bin/python setup.py sdist
+./venv/bin/twine upload dist/*
+```
+
+
+Github
+======
+
+Steps:
+
+* start new release (version: `wai.pycocotools vX.Y.Z`)
+* enter release notes, i.e., significant changes since last release
+* upload `wai.pycocotools-X.Y.Z.tar.gz` previously generated with `setyp.py`
+* publish
+
+