Maintenance information

Note

This is internal documentation for Zope developers having to create official Zope releases.

Release process

Maintainers

The following persons have access to the Zope2 package on PyPI (in order to release new versions):

  • Hanno Schlichting
  • Tres Seaver

Steps for creating a new Zope release

  • check the versions.cfg file for outdated or updated packages and update version information where necessary

  • update version information:

    • setup.py (remove dev postfix)
    • versions.cfg (pin Zope2)
  • update docs/CHANGES.rst

  • run all tests:

    bin/alltests
    
  • tag the release

  • upload the tagged release to PyPI:

    python2.7 setup.py egg_info -RDb '' sdist --formats=zip register upload
    
  • update version information:

    • setup.py (bump version number, add dev postfix)
    • versions.cfg (remove Zope2 pin)
  • check the visible releases on readthedocs.org at (should default to showing the active branches):

    https://readthedocs.org/dashboard/zope/versions/
    
  • update the status of all bugs associated with the released milestone:

    https://launchpad.net/zope2/+milestone/2.13.x