Steps for a release

See https://github.com/OpenSlides/OpenSlides/wiki/Make-Release for further details.

1. Check repository

• Check README.rst and its installing instructions, esp. check install version number, and version number in Changelog section.
• Check AUTHORS, setup.py, MANIFEST.in, requirements_production.txt and requirements.txt.
• Merge all outstanding changes into master branch.

2. Setup release commit and the following commit

• Create new local branch on top of development branch with the name 'Release-x.x'.
• Delete -dev in the version string in __init__.py, set release date in README.rst in Changelog section.
• Create release commit.
• Push this commit to personal upstream, create pull request against main master.

3. Build package

• Build the package and test it.

4. Merge release commit.

• Merge release pull request.

5. Tag release commit

• Checkout master and pull from main master.
• Tag the merge commit with the version number. Use annotate tag. Care of the tagger's email address.
• Push the new tag to the upstream repository.

6. Upload package

• Upload package to openslides.org and PyPI.

7. Bring back release commit to development branch.

• Checkout release branch.
• Update version string in __init__.py and reinsert -dev or inster -post, insert new heading in Changelog section with new version number.
• Create the following commit.
• Push branch to personal upstream, create pull request against development branch and merge it.