Release Guide

Ensure we’re ready for release

  • branch should be up to date
  • github action builds should be passing
  • test with a clean install on local machine if possible
  • all the following should run without error (assuming Linux machine):
# make sure we're clean and up to date
git checkout master
git pull
git clean -xffd
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt -r dev-requirements.txt

# build and install
python setup.py install
python setup.py build_ext --inplace

# run the tests
tox

# ensure the server is runnable
piqueserver -d piqueserver/config

Notes before continuing

These next steps involve pushing the packages to pypi as we go. Probably a safer workflow would be to build the packages first, then update Git with the version changes, and finally push to pypi. There is also the test pypi instance to experiment with uploading packages if required.

Most important to remember is the step where we edit some files to bump the version info.

Build the sdist

Prerequisites: Linux computer, python3.7 (or greater), pip (same version as the python you’re using), twine

The source distribution is OS agnostic, so this is the easiest to start with.

  • deactivate any venvs and ensure we’re back in a clean state on the correct branch:
git checkout master # or release branch if this is a bug fix on old supported version
git clean -xffd
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt -r dev-requirements.txt
  • IMPORTANT: update piqueserver/version.py with the new version numbers (this should be the single source of version info for piqueserver).
  • build and upload the source distribution:
python setup.py sdist
twine upload dist/*

Build Linux binary wheels

Prerequisites: same as for sdist, plus docker

  • make sure docker is running and you have a recent version of the pypa manylinux1 docker image
sudo docker pull quay.io/pypa/manylinux1_x86_64
  • build and upload the linux binary wheels:
./scripts/build_wheels.sh
twine upload wheelhouse/*

Build Windows binary wheels

Use the download-wheels tool to fetch the wheels from github actions.

python download_wheels.py --ghtoken <your github token> -d winbuilds/

Update git

Technically this can happen once we’re sure this will be a release, but if done after building the packages, at least we know it’s all fine.

  • add, commit, tag, and push the version changes:
git add -A
git commit -m "release version X"
git tag -a "v0.1.2"
git push
git push --tags
  • merge master across to the release branch if required:
git checkout v0.1.x
git merge master
git push
  • create and publish release notes on the pushed tag on GitHub

Celebrate!

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