RELEASE.md

Release

PyMeasure package

1. Pull the latest master branch
2. git checkout -b v<version>_release
3. Update CHANGES.txt with the changelog
4. Push the changes up as a PR
5. Verify that the builds complete
6. Merge the PR
7. Fetch master, build and check the source packages
   • python -m pip install --upgrade build twine
   • python -m build
   • Check the distributions (twine check dist/*, version will not yet be correct)
8. Create a git tag in the format "vX.Y.Z"
9. Build final packages and confirm the correct version number is being used
   • python -m build
   • Check the distributions (twine check dist/*)
10. Create a tagged release on GitHub

PyPI release

Official guide here.

1. Upload the wheel and source distributions to the test server
   • python -m twine upload --repository testpypi dist/*
2. Verify the test repository: https://test.pypi.org/project/PyMeasure
3. Confirm that the installation works (best in a separate environment)
   • python -m pip install --index-url https://test.pypi.org/simple/ --no-deps pymeasure
4. Upload to the real repository (twine upload dist/PyMeasure-<version>*)
5. Verify that the package is updated: https://pypi.org/project/PyMeasure

conda-forge feedstock

1. Release to PyPI first (the feedstock pulls from there)
2. Pull the latest master branch
3. git checkout -b v<version>_release
4. Get the SHA256 hash of the PyPI package at https://pypi.org/project/PyMeasure/#files
5. Update recipe/meta.yml with the checksum and version number
6. Push the changes up as a PR
7. Verify that the builds complete
8. Merge the PR