Hacking

Release process

1. Checkout master tip.

2. Check to make sure setup.py and requirements files have correct versions of requirements.

3. Update version numbers in everett/__init__.py.

   1. Set __version__ to something like 1.0.0 (use semver).
   2. Set __releasedate__ to something like 20190107.

4. Update HISTORY.rst

   1. Set the date for the release.
   2. Make sure to note any backwards incompatible changes.

5. Verify correctness.

   1. Run tests.
   2. Build docs (this runs example code).
   3. Verify all that works.

6. Tag the release:

   $ git tag -a v1.0.0
   

   Copy the details from HISTORY.rst into the tag comment.

7. Update PyPI:

   $ rm -rf dist/*
   $ python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
   $ twine upload dist/*
   

8. Push everything:

   $ git push --tags official master
   

9. Announce the release.