Release 0.5.2

Checklist for a new release

• Review CHANGELOG.rst and AUTHORS.rst have been updated.
• Review deprecation warnings that can be cleaned up now.
• CI pipelines pass
  • windows tests pass (trigger them manually!).
• Save the pip dependencies for future reference:
  • Go to the python3.8 tests pipeline job and download the artifacts (right side "Job artifacts" --> "Download").
  • Unzip, get the frozen-requirements.txt.
  • Edit the frozen-requirements.txt file to remove gitlab-ci-token in the file.
  • Move it to frozen_requirements directory.
  • Rename and add the file for tracking. git add ./frozen_requirements/frozen-requirements-$NEW_TAG.txt
  • Commit and push. git commit -m "Add pip frozen requirements for $NEW_TAG"
  • Rename it, commit & push (only works after we've merged and created the tag):

NEW_TAG=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)
echo $NEW_TAG
mv frozen-requirements.txt frozen-requirements-$NEW_TAG.txt
git add ./frozen_requirements/frozen-requirements-$NEW_TAG.txt
git commit -m "Add pip frozen requirements for $NEW_TAG"

• Bump version and push new tag:
  • Future TODO: finish automation of this step in .gitlab-ci.yml.

# Version bump
VERSION_PART=patch # or minor, or major
bump2version $VERSION_PART --config-file setup.cfg
git push --follow-tags

• "Activate" the RTD docs build for the new tag over here.

  • Configuration:
    • Active=True
    • Hidden=False
    • Privacy Level=Public

• Change the "Default version" of the docs to the tag that was released over here.

• Make sure the docs build.

• Create new release on GitLab.

  • Meaningful title
  • List of highlights followed by changelog.
  • Add a few images or animated GIFs showcasing the new exciting features.

• Test PyPi release (see also https://adriaanrol.com/posts/pypi/).

• Release on PyPi and wait for it to become available (see also https://adriaanrol.com/posts/pypi/).

• Post the new release in Slack (#software-for-users and #software-for-developers).

  • PS Rockets are a must! 🚀🚀🚀

• Inform the Quantify Marketing Team.