6.2 check list

[lrineau]

Previous release: #8223

Next release: #9490

Before the beta release

• Update of the Supported platforms.
• Update of the minimum third party versions.
• Update the Installation/lib/cmake/CGAL/CGALConfigVersion.cmake
• Update the file Installation/include/CGAL/version.h
• change the file /home/lrineau/CGAL/cgal-testsuite-cgal-gf.git/bin/create_internal_release_of_the_day.py to create and test the -beta1 version of CGAL (from main or from the release branch, if already created)
• Diff of the change log of 6.2 with 6.1 to check only 6.2 was modified.
• Add links to the file CHANGES.md ( Prepare CHANGES.md for 6.2 #9411)
• Rewrap the file CHANGES.md ( Prepare CHANGES.md for 6.2 #9411)
• Reorder the file CHANGES.md ( Prepare CHANGES.md for 6.2 #9411)
• Update Documentation/doc/resources/1.8.13/menu_version.js and the other three copies
• Prepare the announcement mail of the beta release
• Create a PR with a news entry for 6.2beta1 (prepare for 6.2-beta1 cgal-web#89)
• open the milestone for the release
• Create new tables for features/small features with closed review for the next release

After the beta release

• (beta2 only) Update create_internal_release_of_the_day.py to use beta_release_from_main(2)
• (beta2 only) Update the file Installation/include/CGAL/version.h (for header-only)
• (beta2 only) Update the file Installation/lib/cmake/CGAL/CGALConfigVersion.cmake
• clone the milestone
• PR for brew package: (should be done automatically with the bot)
• PR for vcpkg: [cgal] update to 6.2 microsoft/vcpkg#51911
• RPM for Fedora: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-dccc74c12d
• Update https://cgal.geometryfactory.com/CGAL/Members/wiki/Releases
• Update https://www.cgal.org/releases.html and change the post flags (active-beta-release)
• Email announcement
• Upload the pre-compiled demos (from ~cgaltest/public_html/incoming)
• Check the pre-compiled demos run correctly

Before the official release

• Update the file Installation/include/CGAL/version.h (for header-only)
• Update the file Installation/lib/cmake/CGAL/CGALConfigVersion.cmake
• change the crontab to remove --beta 1 from the command line
• Update menu_version.js in the documentation.
• prepare the announcement email
• Prepare an update of rewrite rules following the split of PMP in Breakup and improve PMP's documentation #9286

After the official release

• Tag PRs with bash tag_pr_per_release.sh (see Add script to label PR merge in a release since the previous major one #4000)
• Update /home/lrineau/CGAL/cgal-testsuite-cgal-gf.git/bin/create_internal_release_of_the_day.py on cgal.gf.com
• Update the bug-fix number in the branch
• Update https://cgal.geometryfactory.com/CGAL/Members/wiki/Releases
• Update https://github.com/CGAL/cgal/wiki/Internal-Releases
• Create a new issue for the check list of the next release
• Update https://www.cgal.org/releases.html and change the post flags (latest-release) + remove the beta flag (active-beta-release)
• Update Github Action workflow files of cgal-swig-bindings
• Re-upload the pre-compiled demos (from ~cgaltest/public_html/incoming)
• update PR for brew package: cgal 6.2 Homebrew/homebrew-core#287444
• update PR for vcpkg: [cgal] update to 6.2 microsoft/vcpkg#51911
• add PR for Conan at https://github.com/conan-io/conan-center-index: add cgal/6.2 conan-io/conan-center-index#30382
• check PR for Conda at https://github.com/conda-forge/cgal-cpp-feedstock (a bot usual adds a PR): cgal-cpp v6.2 conda-forge/cgal-cpp-feedstock#54
• update RPM for Fedora: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-e47cd28d34
• Add news entry for cgal-web
• Email announcement
• Update https://geometryfactory.com/ with news from GF.

After 6.2.1

• Tag PRs with bash tag_pr_per_release.sh (see Add script to label PR merge in a release since the previous major one #4000)
• Update the bug-fix number in the branch
• Update https://cgal.geometryfactory.com/CGAL/Members/wiki/Releases
• Update the Github milestone
• Update https://www.cgal.org/releases.html and change the post flags (latest-release) + remove the beta flag (latest-beta-release)
• Re-upload the pre-compiled demos
• update PR for brew package: cgal 6.2.1 Homebrew/homebrew-core#302380
• update PR for vcpkg: [cgal] Updated to 6.2.1 microsoft/vcpkg#53776
• add PR for Conan: add cgal/6.2.1 conan-io/conan-center-index#30933
• PR for Conda: cgal-cpp v6.2.1 conda-forge/cgal-cpp-feedstock#56
• update RPM for Fedora: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-18175bbede
• Add news entry for cgal-web
• Email announcement

After a bug-fix release 6.2.x

• Tag PRs with bash tag_pr_per_release.sh (see Add script to label PR merge in a release since the previous major one #4000)
• Update the bug-fix number in the branch
• Update https://cgal.geometryfactory.com/CGAL/Members/wiki/Releases
• Update the Github milestone
• Update https://www.cgal.org/releases.html and change the post flags (latest-release) + remove the beta flag (latest-beta-release)
• Re-upload the pre-compiled demos
• update PR for brew package:
• update PR for vcpkg:
• add PR for Conan at https://github.com/conan-io/conan-center-index
• check PR for Conda at https://github.com/conda-forge/cgal-cpp-feedstock (a bot usual adds a PR)
• update RPM for Fedora:
• Add news entry for cgal-web
• Email announcement