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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index f36ead0..75937a6 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -163,6 +163,27 @@ so you should have an issue number or a merge request ID to refer to. ### Making a release -The release process is not currently documented. +#### Pre-release steps -Remember to upload each new source release to PyPI. +* Make sure CI (currently Travis-CI and Gitlab) is passing +* Update `NEWS` and the version number in `configure.ac`, and commit them + +#### Building and uploading the release + +If `${builddir}` is the path to a build directory and `${version}` +is the new version: + +``` +make -C ${builddir} distcheck +# do any final testing here, e.g. updating the Debian package +git tag -m dbus-python-${version} -s dbus-python-${version} +gpg --detach-sign -a ${builddir}/dbus-python-${version}.tar.gz +make -C ${builddir} maintainer-upload +make -C ${builddir} maintainer-update-website +twine upload ${builddir}/dbus-python-${version}.tar.gz{,.asc} +``` + +#### Post-release steps + +* Announce the new release to the D-Bus mailing list +* Update `NEWS` and the version number in `configure.ac`, and commit them |