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

1. Create the release "tag"

1. Make the distribution tar-files and binary releases and up-load them to SourceForge

Review the state of the source tree

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

   python setup.py bdist
   python setup.py sdist
   

Create a release branch (optional)

1. Create the branch

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

2. Increment the release number of the trunk:

   http://svn.scipy.org/svn/scipy/trunk/scipy/version.py
   

Create the release tag

1. Create a tag off the branch

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

2. Update the version of the
   • Switch to the tag svn switch http://svn.scipy.org/svn/scipy/tags/<version>
   • Set release=True in scipy/version.py

Check out the tagged version

Create the distribution (eggs)

Create a Windows binary release

Test the releases

Update the SourceForge site

Write the release message

Send the release message

Update scipy.org wiki

Send the release to other news outlets

Register the release with the "Python Package Index"

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