How to Release a New Version

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Releasing a new version step-by-step instruction.

Before publishing

Create a new PR named PR: Release version x and including the following TODO list:

• Increase version_info and __date__ in __init__.py
• Increase GWHAT_VERSION in appveyor.yml
• Increase release version in conf.py for documentation
• Increase release version in Splash.png and Splash.svg using Inkscape

When publishing

• Once AppVeyor has finish building on the PR opened for this release, download the GWHAT binary packaged by AppVeyor with PyInstaller.
• Check that the AppVeyor binary does not trigger a false positive in Microsoft Defender.
• Sign the GWHAT binary.
• Merge the pull request.
• Add the Zip package to a new release draft on GitHub.
• Publish the release (this must be done AFTER the pull request has been merge).

After publishing

• Increase version_info with 'dev' in __init__.py and push directly to master
• Build the new version on ReadTheDocs.
• Change the default version on ReadTheDocs.