RELEASES.md

Release Checklist

On the develop branch.

Preamble

• Confirm that CI checks pass

Version and change log

• Update the version number in pyproject.toml
• Check that the change log is current
• Check that the README is current
• Change the "Unreleased" heading to the new version

Merge to main

• Commit and push the new version number and change log
• PR and merge into main

Tag and release

• git tag -s -a X.Y.Z
• Use "Version X.Y.Z" for the tag title
• Use the change log for the contents
• Push tag to main
• Cut a release on GitHub with change log contents

Update develop

• Merge main into develop
• Update develop to X.Y.(Z+1).dev0
• Add "Unreleased" to the change log with a diff link