Doing a release

Doing a release of lemur requires a few steps.

Bumping the version number

The next step in doing a release is bumping the version number in the software.

  • Update the version number in lemur/__about__.py.

  • Set the release date in the Changelog.

  • Do a commit indicating this, and raise a pull request with this.

  • Wait for it to be merged.

Performing the release

The commit that merged the version number bump is now the official release commit for this release. You need an API key, which requires permissions to maintain the Lemur project.

For creating the release, follow these steps (more details here)

  • Make sure you have the latest versions of setuptools and wheel installed:

    python3 -m pip install --user --upgrade setuptools wheel

  • Now run this command from the same directory where setup.py is located:

    python3 setup.py sdist bdist_wheel

  • Once completed it should generate two files in the dist directory:

$ ls dist/
lemur-0.8.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl    lemur-0.8.0.tar.gz

  • In this step, the distribution will be uploaded. You’ll need to install Twine:

    python3 -m pip install --user --upgrade twine

  • Once installed, run Twine to upload all of the archives under dist. Once installed, run Twine to upload all of the archives under dist:

    python3 -m twine upload --repository pypi dist/*

The release should now be available on PyPI Lemur and a tag should be available in the repository.

Make sure to also make a github release which will pick up the latest version.

Verifying the release

You should verify that pip install lemur works correctly:

>>> import lemur
>>> lemur.__version__
'...'

Verify that this is the version you just released.

Post-release tasks

  • Update the version number to the next major (e.g. 0.5.dev1) in lemur/__about__.py and

  • Add new Changelog entry with next version and note that it is under active development

  • Send a pull request with these items

  • Check for any outstanding code undergoing a deprecation cycle by looking in lemur.utils for DeprecatedIn** definitions. If any exist open a ticket to increment them for the next release.