7.1.3-post-release; some updated release info for devs (#3054)

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ A fix-up release that re-adds support for Python 3.8 after it was accidentally
 removed in Release 7.1.2.
 
 This release cherrypicks many additions to 7.1.2 added to 7.1.1 but leaves out 
-typing changes that are not compatable
+typing changes that are not compatible
 with Python 3.8.
 
 Also not carried over from 7.1.2 is the change from Poetry 1.x to 2.0.

README.md

@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ Some features of RDFLib require optional dependencies which may be installed usi
 Alternatively manually download the package from the Python Package
 Index (PyPI) at https://pypi.python.org/pypi/rdflib
 
-The current version of RDFLib is 7.1.3, see the ``CHANGELOG.md`` file for what's new in this release.
-
 ### Installation of the current main branch (for developers)
 
 With *pip* you can also install rdflib from the git repository with one of the following options:

docker/latest/requirements.in

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # This file is used for building a docker image of the latest rdflib release. It
 # will be updated by dependabot when new releases are made.
-rdflib==7.1.1
+rdflib==7.1.3
 html5rdf==1.2.0

docker/latest/requirements.txt

@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 #
-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.12
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.8
 # by the following command:
 #
 #    pip-compile docker/latest/requirements.in
 #
 html5rdf==1.2
     # via -r docker/latest/requirements.in
+isodate==0.7.2
+    # via rdflib
 pyparsing==3.0.9
     # via rdflib
-rdflib==7.1.1
+rdflib==7.1.3
     # via -r docker/latest/requirements.in

docs/developers.rst

@@ -434,6 +434,8 @@ flag them as expecting to fail.
 Compatibility
 -------------
 
+RDFLib 8.x is likely to support only the Python versions in bugfix status at the time of its release, so perhaps 3.12+.
+
 RDFlib 7.0.0 release and later only support Python 3.8.1 and newer.
 
 RDFlib 6.0.0 release and later only support Python 3.7 and newer.
@@ -443,22 +445,46 @@ RDFLib 5.0.0 maintained compatibility with Python versions 2.7, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3
 Releasing
 ---------
 
+These are the major steps for releasing new versions of RDFLib:
+
+#. Create a pre-release PR
+
+   * that updates all the version numbers
+   * merge it with all tests passing
+
+#. Do the PyPI release
+#. Do the GitHub release
+#. Create a post-release PR 
+
+   * that updates all version numbers to next (alpha) release
+   * merge it with all tests passing
+
+#. Let the world know
+
+
+1. Create a pre-release PR
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
 Create a release-preparation pull request with the following changes:
 
-* Updated version and date in ``CITATION.cff``.
-* Updated copyright year in the ``LICENSE`` file.
-* Updated copyright year in the ``docs/conf.py`` file.
-* Updated main branch version and current version in the ``README.md`` file. 
-* Updated version in the ``pyproject.toml`` file.
-* Updated ``__date__`` in the ``rdflib/__init__.py`` file.
-* Accurate ``CHANGELOG.md`` entry for the release.
+#. In ``pyproject.toml``, update the version number
+#. In ``README.md``, update the *Versions & Releases* section
+#. In ``rdflib/__init__.py``, update the ``__date__`` value
+#. In ``docs/conf.py``, update copyright year
+#. In ``CITATION.cff``, update the version and date
+#. In ``LICENSE``, update the copyright year
+#. In ``CHANGELOG.md``, write an entry for this release
+   #. You can use the tool ``admin/get_merged_prs.py`` to assist with compiling a log of PRs and commits since last release
+
+2. Do the PyPI release
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-Once the PR is merged, switch to the main branch, build the release and upload it to PyPI:
+Once the pre-release PR is merged, switch to the main branch, build the release and upload it to PyPI:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
     
     # Clean up any previous builds
-    \rm -vf dist/*
+    rm -vf dist/*
 
     # Build artifacts
     poetry build
@@ -487,24 +513,54 @@ Once the PR is merged, switch to the main branch, build the release and upload i
     ## poetry publish -u __token__ -p pypi-<REDACTED>
     
 
-Once this is done, create a release tag from `GitHub releases
-<https://github.com/RDFLib/rdflib/releases/new>`_. For a release of version
-6.3.1 the tag should be ``6.3.1`` (without a "v" prefix), and the release title
-should be "RDFLib 6.3.1". The release notes for the latest version be added to
-the release description. The artifacts built with ``poetry build`` should be
-uploaded to the release as release artifacts.
+3. Do the GitHub release
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-The resulting release will be available at https://github.com/RDFLib/rdflib/releases/tag/6.3.1
+Once the PyPI release is done, tag the main branch with the version number of the release. For a release of version
+6.3.1 the tag should be ``6.3.1`` (without a "v" prefix):
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+    git tag 6.3.1
 
-Once this is done, announce the release at the following locations:
 
-* Twitter: Just make a tweet from your own account linking to the latest release.
-* RDFLib mailing list.
-* RDFLib Gitter / matrix.org chat room.
+Push this tag to GitHub:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+    git push --tags
+
+
+Make a release from this tag at https://github.com/RDFLib/rdflib/releases/new
+
+The release title should be "{DATE} RELEASE {VERSION}". See previous releases at https://github.com/RDFLib/rdflib/releases
+
+The release notes should be just the same as the release info in ``CHANGELOG.md``, as authored in the first major step in this release process.
+
+The resulting release will be available at https://github.com/RDFLib/rdflib/releases/tag/6.3.1
+
+4. Create a post-release PR 
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 Once this is all done, create another post-release pull request with the following changes:
 
-* Set the just released version in ``docker/latest/requirements.in`` and run
-  ``task docker:prepare`` to update the ``docker/latest/requirements.txt`` file.
-* Set the version in the ``pyproject.toml`` file to the next minor release with
-  a ``a0`` suffix to indicate alpha 0.
+#. In ``pyproject.toml``, update to the next minor release alpha
+
+   *  so a 6.3.1 release would have 6.1.4a0 as the next release alpha
+
+#. In ``docker/latest/requirements.in`` set the version to the just released version
+#. Use ``task docker:prepare`` to update ``docker/latest/requirements.txt``
+
+
+
+5. Let the world know
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Announce the release at the following locations:
+
+* RDFLib mailing list
+* RDFLib Gitter / matrix.org chat room
+* Twitter: Just make a tweet from your own account linking to the latest release
+* related mailing lists
+   * Jena: [email protected]
+   * W3C (currently RDF-Star WG): [email protected]

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "rdflib"
-version = "7.1.3"
+version = "7.1.4a"
 description = """RDFLib is a Python library for working with RDF, \
 a simple yet powerful language for representing information."""
 authors = ["Daniel 'eikeon' Krech <[email protected]>"]