From 271244e5c9a4a8b53ea931a5a796a37e3d5619f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brett Cannon <brcan@microsoft.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2017 11:17:20 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Write out more explicit steps for cutting a release

---
 CONTRIBUTING.md | 14 +++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index b459867ba502..fcfdc0df5aaf 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -112,9 +112,12 @@ time-critical as a new feature may be.
     * [tock] Begin applying any changes to the development process as
       agreed upon during the previous "tick" cycle
 * Day 7 (Monday)
-  * 3rd-party dependencies frozen to give CELA time to update TPN file
+  * 3rd-party dependencies frozen
+  * Ask CELA to update the TPN file
 * Day 14 (2nd Monday)
+  * Bump version number
   * Code freeze
+  * Cut a `.vsix` file for testing
   * Go through
     [issues awaiting validation](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python/issues?q=label%3A%22awaiting+4-validation%22+is%3Aclosed)
     & validate they have been fixed (and not subsequently broken by
@@ -123,13 +126,14 @@ time-critical as a new feature may be.
     [documentation](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/python/python-tutorial)
     -- including the
     [WOW](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/languages/python) page)
-    -- is updated appropriately
+    -- has [appropriate pull requests](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-docs/pulls)
   * Update the
     [changelog](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md)
-  * Write a post for the [team blog](https://aka.ms/pythonblog)
-  * Upload the new version of
-    [the extension](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-python.python)
   * Tag the release in git
+  * Draft a post for the [team blog](https://aka.ms/pythonblog)
+
+Assuming no last-minute issues, the release should be made public
+later that same week.
 
 ### Issue triaging
 

From 39965c0d273306ad3bf3b2e31ebd526aa11ae912 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brett Cannon <brcan@microsoft.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2017 11:59:35 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Make sure we actually get the changes from CELA

---
 CONTRIBUTING.md | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index fcfdc0df5aaf..b4a92eb6606a 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ time-critical as a new feature may be.
   * 3rd-party dependencies frozen
   * Ask CELA to update the TPN file
 * Day 14 (2nd Monday)
+  * Update the TPN file as instructed by CELA
   * Bump version number
   * Code freeze
   * Cut a `.vsix` file for testing