Releasing PyZMQ

Currently, we are using the following steps to release PyZMQ:

• Make sure AUTHORS.md has an updated list of contributors.

• Check the version number in zmq/sugar/version.py.

• Remove old MANIFEST and egg-info files and dist and build directories (python setup.py clean).

• Check MANIFEST.in, in case of file list changes (test python setup.py sdist).

• Register the release with pypi:

  python setup.py register
  

• Build source distributions and upload:

  python setup.py sdist --formats=zip,gztar upload
  

• Branch the release (do not push the branch):

  git checkout -b $VERSION master
  

• commit the changed version.py to the branch:

  git add zmq/sugar/version.py && git commit -m "bump version to $VERSION"
  

• Tag the release:

  git tag -a -m "Tagging release $VERSION" v$VERSION
  git push origin --tags
  

• Announce on list.