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pytest release checklist
-------------------------

For doing a release of pytest (status April 2015) this rough checklist is used:

1. change version numbers in ``_pytest/__init__.py`` to the to-be-released version.
   (the version number in ``setup.py`` reads from that init file as well)

2. finalize ``./CHANGELOG`` (don't forget the the header).

3. write ``doc/en/announce/release-VERSION.txt``
   (usually copying from an earlier release version).

4. regenerate doc examples with ``tox -e regen`` and check with ``git diff``
   if the differences show regressions.  It's a bit of a manual process because
   there a large part of the diff is about pytest headers or differences in
   speed ("tests took X.Y seconds"). (XXX automate doc/example diffing to ignore
   such changes and integrate it into "tox -e regen").

5. ``devpi upload`` to `your developer devpi index <http://doc.devpi.net/latest/quickstart-releaseprocess.html>`_. You can create your own user and index on https://devpi.net,
   an inofficial service from the devpi authors.

6. run ``devpi use INDEX`` and ``devpi test`` from linux and windows machines
   and verify test results on the index.  On linux typically all environments
   pass (April 2015 there is a setup problem with a cx_freeze environment)
   but on windows all involving ``pexpect`` fail because pexpect does not exist
   on windows and tox does not allow to have platform-specific environments.
   Also on windows ``py33-trial`` fails but should probably pass (March 2015).
   In any case, py26,py27,py33,py34 are required to pass for all platforms.

7. You can fix tests/code and repeat number 6. until everything passes.

8. Once you have sufficiently passing tox tests you can do the actual release::

     cd doc/en/
     make install      # will install to 2.7, 2.8, ... according to _pytest/__init__.py
     make install-pdf  # optional, requires latex packages installed
     ssh pytest-dev@pytest.org # MANUAL: symlink "pytest.org/latest" to the just
                               # installed release docs
                               # browse to pytest.org to see

     devpi push pytest-VERSION pypi:NAME
     git commit -a -m "... finalized pytest-VERSION"
     git tag VERSION
     git push

9. send out release announcement to pytest-dev@python.org,
    testing-in-python@lists.idyll.org and python-announce-list@python.org .

10. **after the release** bump the version number in ``_pytest/__init__.py``,
    to the next Minor release version (i.e. if you released ``pytest-2.8.0``,
    set it to ``pytest-2.9.0.dev1``).

11. already done :)