Release Process
===============

1. Preparation
   1. Check if the dependencies of the package are correct
   2. Update the version number in __pkginfo__
   3. Put the version number and the release date into the changelog
   4. Submit your changes.

2. If releasing a major or minor version, generate the new copyright notices for this release:

 $ copyrite --contribution-threshold 1 --change-threshold 3 --backend-type git --aliases=.copyrite_aliases . --jobs=8

3. Make sure the tests are passing on Travis:
   https://travis-ci.org/PyCQA/astroid/

4. Add a new tag 'astroid-$VERSION'

5. Publish all remaining changes to the Github repository:
   https://github.com/PyCQA/astroid

6. Run
   
   $ git clean -fd && find . -name '*.pyc' -delete
   $ rm dist/*
   $ python setup.py sdist --formats=gztar bdist_wheel
   $ twine upload dist/*


   to release a new version to PyPI.