@@ -86,11 +86,11 @@ Create an issue in Github
8686 | - [ ] Merge develop into stable
8787 | - [ ] Make sure Travis and Appveyor are OK on stable branch
8888 | - [ ] Make sure the documentation is updated for stable (readthedocs)
89- | - [ ] Create a release tag on GitHub, from stable branch
89+ | - [ ] Create an annotated tag from stable branch
9090 | - [ ] Make sure the documentation is updated for release (readthedocs)
9191 | - [ ] Upload the new version to PyPI
9292 | - [ ] Bump the version with "-dev" in the develop branch
93- | - [ ] Fill the release description on GitHub
93+ | - [ ] Create and fill in the release description on GitHub
9494 | - [ ] Build conda packages
9595 | - [ ] Advertise the release on the mailing list
9696 | - [ ] Close this issue
@@ -136,10 +136,13 @@ Make sure the documentation is updated
136136 - Set the new version to "active" here:
137137 https://readthedocs.org/dashboard/pytango/versions/
138138
139- Create a release tag on GitHub
140- * On the Releases page, use "Draft a new release".
141- * Tag must match the format of previous tags, e.g. ``v9.3.1 ``.
142- * Target must be the ``stable `` branch.
139+ Create an annotated tag for the release
140+ * Note: Github's release page makes lightweight tags which we don't want
141+ * Create tag:
142+ - ``$ git checkout stable ``
143+ - ``$ git pull ``
144+ - ``$ git tag -a -m "tag v9.3.1" ``
145+ - ``$ git push -v origin refs/tags/v9.3.1 ``
143146
144147Upload the new version to PyPI
145148 * Log in to https://pypi.org.
@@ -173,7 +176,9 @@ Bump the version with "-dev" in the develop branch
173176 * In ``appveyor.yml ``, change ``version ``, e.g. from ``9.3.1.{build} `` to
174177 ``9.3.2.dev0.{build} ``.
175178
176- Fill in the release description on GitHub
179+ Create and fill in the release description on GitHub
180+ * Go to the Tags page: https://github.com/tango-controls/pytango/tags
181+ * Find the tag created above and click "Create release".
177182 * Content must be the same as the details in the changelog. List all the
178183 pull requests since the previous version.
179184
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