ReleaseChecklist

This is a to-do list for every new release.

Verification

• pylint -E beets to check for errors.
• Run all unit tests (tox).
• Version number bump:
  • setup.py
  • __version__ in root module
  • docs/conf.py
  • docs/changelog.rst
• Check that setup.py is up to date (dependencies, version number, packages, etc).
• Check that the changelog is up to date and includes a human-readable summary paragraph.
• Add release date to the changelog.
• Spell-check with codespell: ./codespell.py -q2 ~/beets
• Try all the basic built-in commands on an existing large library. Import some music, with autotagging both on (the default) and off (-A).

Release

• Tag the revision in Mercurial (hg tag v1.X.Y).
• Submit to PyPI: python setup.py sdist upload. Ensure we can install from PyPI: ~/venv/bin/pip install beets.
• Tag and release dependent subprojects: pyacoustid, audioread, (bluelet, confit, mediafile, ...)
• Paste the changelog into a GitHub release.

Announcement

• Change "default version" on Read the Docs.
• Announce on Twitter (@b33ts).
• Announce on forums.
• Email mailing list.
• Update Freshmeat listing.

The distro packages have their own maintainers. Non-exhaustive list:

• Arch Linux
• Debian
• Ubuntu
• FreeBSD
• Gentoo