pyqtgraph/tools/release_instructions.md

PyQtGraph Release Procedure

1. Create a release-x.x.x branch

2. Run pyqtgraph/tools/pg-release.py script (this has only been tested on linux)

   • creates clone of master
   • merges release branch into master
   • updates version numbers in code
   • creates pyqtgraph-x.x.x tag
   • creates release commit
   • builds documentation
   • builds source package
   • tests pip install
   • builds windows .exe installers (note: it may be necessary to manually copy wininst*.exe files from the python source packages)
   • builds deb package (note: official debian packages are built elsewhere; these locally-built deb packages may be phased out)

3. test build files

   • test setup.py, pip on OSX
   • test setup.py, pip, 32/64 exe on windows
   • test setup.py, pip, deb on linux (py2, py3)

4. Run pg-release.py script again with --publish flag

   • website upload
   • github push + release
   • pip upload

5. publish

   • update website
   • mailing list announcement
   • new conda recipe (http://conda.pydata.org/docs/build.html)
   • contact various package maintainers