To make a "release" of NumPy, follow these steps:

1. Check the buildbot
2. Make sure the current trunk builds a package correctly:

   python setup.py bdist
   python setup.py sdist
   

3. Create the release "tag"

   svn cp http://svn.scipy.org/svn/numpy/trunk http://svn.scipy.org/svn/numpy/tags/<version>
   

4. Update the version of the trunk
   • Increment the release number in numpy/version.py
5. Update the version of the tag
   • Switch to the tag svn switch http://svn.scipy.org/svn/numpy/tags/<version>
   • Set release=True in numpy/version.py
6. Make the distribution tar-files and binary releases and up-load them to SourceForge
7. Update PyPi
8. Announce to the lists