From 3fd65354b7d6be41f670226f929d0b2097e94a89 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: johanos1 <40794255+johanos1@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2023 14:27:08 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Create release.md

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+---
+name: New Release
+about: Creating a new release version for PASEOS. Only for Maintainers.
+title: "Release "
+labels: "release"
+assignees: "gomezzz"
+---
+
+# Feature
+
+## Changelog
+
+_to be written during release process_
+
+## What Needs to Be Done (chronologically)
+
+- [ ] Create PR to merge from current main into release branch
+- [ ] Write Changelog in PR and request review
+- [ ] Review the PR (if OK - merge, but DO NOT delete the branch)
+- [ ] Minimize packages in requirements.txt and conda-forge submission. Update packages in setup.py
+- [ ] Check unit tests -> Check all tests pass and there are tests for all important features
+- [ ] Check documentation -> Check presence of documentation for all features by locally building the docs on the release
+- [ ] Change version number in setup.py and docs (under conf.py)
+- [ ] Trigger the Upload Python Package to testpypi GitHub Action (https://github.com/aidotse/paseos/actions/workflows/deploy_to_test_pypi.yml) on the release branch (need to be logged in)
+- [ ] Test the build on testpypi (with `pip install --index-url https://test.pypi.org/simple/ --extra-index-url https://pypi.org/simple paseos`)
+- [ ] Finalize release on the release branch
+- [ ] Create PR: release → main
+- [ ] PR Reviews
+- [ ] Merge release back into main
+- [ ] Create Release on GitHub from the last commit (the one reviewed in the PR)
+- [ ] Upload to PyPI
+- [ ] Update on conda following https://conda-forge.org/docs/maintainer/updating_pkgs.html