RELEASE.md

Release

PyMeasure package

1. Pull the latest master branch
2. git checkout -b v<version>_release
3. Update all version references (grep -rnI '<previous_version>')
   • setup.py
   • docs/conf.py
   • pymeasure/init.py
4. Update CHANGES.txt with the changelog
5. Push the changes up as a PR
6. Verify that the builds complete
7. Merge the PR
8. Build and check the source packages
   • python -m pip install --upgrade build twine
   • python -m build
   • Check the distributions (twine check dist/*)
9. Create a tagged release on GitHub

PyPI release

Official guide here.

1. Upload the wheel and source distributions to the test server
   • python -m twine upload --repository testpypi dist/*
2. Verify the test repository: https://test.pypi.org/project/PyMeasure
3. Confirm that the installation works (best in a separate environment)
   • python -m pip install --index-url https://test.pypi.org/simple/ --no-deps pymeasure
4. Upload to the real repository (twine upload dist/PyMeasure-<version>*)
5. Verify that the package is updated: https://pypi.org/project/PyMeasure

conda-forge feedstock

1. Release to PyPI first (the feedstock pulls from there)
2. Pull the latest master branch
3. git checkout -b v<version>_release
4. Get the SHA256 hash of the PyPI package at https://pypi.org/project/PyMeasure/#files
5. Update recipe/meta.yml with the checksum and version number
6. Push the changes up as a PR
7. Verify that the builds complete
8. Merge the PR