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diff --git a/docs/doing-a-release.rst b/docs/doing-a-release.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..81349a70 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/doing-a-release.rst @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +Doing a Release +=============== + +Doing a release of ``cryptography`` is a two part process. + +Bumping the version number +-------------------------- + +The first step in doing a release is bumping the version number in the +software. + +* Update the version number in ``cryptography/__about__.py`` and + ``docs/conf.py``. +* Do a commit indicating this. +* Send a pull request with this. +* Wait for it to be merged. + +Performing the release +---------------------- + +The commit which merged the version number bump is now the official release +commit for this release. Once this has happened: + +* Run ``invoke release {version}``. + +That's all, the release should now be available on PyPI and a tag should be +available in the repository. diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst index 5eb3de7d..24d6d204 100644 --- a/docs/index.rst +++ b/docs/index.rst @@ -78,4 +78,5 @@ The ``cryptography`` open source project contributing security api-stability + doing-a-release community |