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The ACEmulator discord has several channels for content creation and publishing. These can all be found in the "CONTENT DEVELOPMENT" channel group.

#content_bugs for discussing issues with published content
#content_recreation for discussing adding new content
#content_contribs for vetting and "Pull request" approval discussion as well as scheduled "Release" discussion
#content_contribs is a private channel available to those that take an active and more involved role in ACE content development

Publishing New Releases

Publishing a new release is a two step process.

All "Pull requests" to be published must be reviewed and approved by individuals with write access.
Pull requests should be approved BUT NOT MERGED. Merging will happen as part of the new "Release" process.
Final discussion and vetting happens in the #content_contribs channel.

When a new "Release" needs to be published, a publisher will announce their intention in the #content_contribs channel.
After the specified time period has passed in the announcement, or the scheduled "Release" date has been reached, follow the next steps to publish the "Release".

Navigate to https://github.com/ACEmulator/ACE-World-16PY-Patches/releases to see the last version released.
You may see something like: "ACE World Database v0.9.266"
We will take the "v0.9.266" portion and increment it by one to be "v0.9.267"

Navigate to https://github.com/ACEmulator/ACE-World-16PY-Patches
Click the "master" drop down
In the search box, enter in your new version string of "v0.9.267" without the quotes
Click "Create branch: v0.9.267 from 'master'"

Navigate to https://github.com/ACEmulator/ACE-World-16PY-Patches/pulls
For each approved pull request that you wish to release
Open the pull request
To the right of the pull request name, click "Edit"
Change the "base: master" drop down and select the new version branch you created
Click the green button "Change base"
Confirm that the base has been changed.
Scroll down and click the green "Squash and merge" button
Click the green "Confirm squash and merge" button

Navigate to https://github.com/ACEmulator/ACE-World-16PY-Patches/pulls
At the top, you should now see a yellow bar with the text "v0.9.267 had recent pushes less than a minute ago .... Compare & pull request"
Click the green "Compare & pull request" button
Click the green "Create pull request" button
Wait for appveyor to complete. This may take many minutes.

Ask for 2 contributors to approve the pending Pull request.
- A repository administrator can override this requirement.

Navigate to https://github.com/ACEmulator/ACE-World-16PY-Patches/pulls
Open the pull request for the new version release you just created
Click the green "Squash and merge" button
- A repository administrator can override the branch protection and force the merge.
Click the green "Confirm squash and merge" button
Click the gray "Delete branch" button
Wait for appveyor to complete. This will take many minutes. Then you will then see the new release here:
- https://github.com/ACEmulator/ACE-World-16PY-Patches/releases