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author | Ralf Gommers <ralf.gommers@googlemail.com> | 2013-08-15 14:10:37 -0700 |
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committer | Ralf Gommers <ralf.gommers@googlemail.com> | 2013-08-15 14:10:37 -0700 |
commit | 37b6baa7c73b9f395b6e4d9f89194d96a79f0090 (patch) | |
tree | 71b7c76a973352e5d996849233a0aacc917e1415 /doc | |
parent | a01738ceb2ced534ed498d9cae9954a0c8019850 (diff) | |
parent | 73db716c4ff481cde56b161d9232de3dcbeed159 (diff) | |
download | numpy-37b6baa7c73b9f395b6e4d9f89194d96a79f0090.tar.gz |
Merge pull request #3625 from charris/update-howtorelease
DOC: Update HOWTO_RELEASE.rst.txt.
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diff --git a/doc/HOWTO_RELEASE.rst.txt b/doc/HOWTO_RELEASE.rst.txt index f44d17aa9..9742d3a15 100644 --- a/doc/HOWTO_RELEASE.rst.txt +++ b/doc/HOWTO_RELEASE.rst.txt @@ -16,11 +16,10 @@ Source tree * release.sh * pavement.py -NumPy Trac +NumPy Docs ---------- -* http://projects.scipy.org/numpy/wiki/MakingReleases +* https://github.com/numpy/numpy/blob/master/doc/HOWTO_RELEASE.rst.txt * http://projects.scipy.org/numpy/wiki/MicrosoftToolchainSupport -* http://projects.scipy.org/numpy/wiki/ApiDeprecation SciPy.org wiki -------------- @@ -31,14 +30,18 @@ Doc wiki -------- * http://docs.scipy.org/numpy/docs/numpy-docs/user/install.rst/ +Release Scripts +--------------- +* https://github.com/certik/numpy-vendor + Supported platforms and versions ================================ -Python 2.4-2.7 and >=3.1 are the currently supported versions on all platforms. +Python 2.6-2.7 and >=3.2 are the currently supported versions on all platforms. OS X ---- -OS X versions 10.4 - 10.7 are supported. Note that there are currently still +OS X versions >= 10.5 are supported. Note that there are currently still issues with compiling on 10.7, due to Apple moving to gcc-llvm. Only the Python from `python.org <http://python.org>`_ is supported. Binaries do *not* support Apple Python. @@ -81,8 +84,8 @@ Cython sources are checked in at the moment. It is worth keeping an eye on what Cython versions have been used to generate all current C files, it should be the same and most recent version (0.16 as of now). -Fortran: on OS X gfortran from `this site <http://r.research.att.com/tools/>`_ -is used. On Windows g77 (included in MinGW) is the current default, in the future +Fortran: on OS X gfortran from `this site <http://r.research.att.com/tools/>`_ +is used. On Windows g77 (included in MinGW) is the current default, in the future this may shift to gfortran as well. Python @@ -113,7 +116,7 @@ needs to be installed: * Python 2.5-2.7 and 3.1-3.2 * MakeNsis * CpuId plugin for MakeNsis : this can be found in the NumPy source tree under - tools/win32build/cpucaps and has to be built with MinGW (see SConstruct file in + tools/win32build/cpucaps and has to be built with MinGW (see SConstruct file in that dir for details) * MinGW * ATLAS, 3x ([No SSE, SSE2, SSE3] for superpack installer) : ATLAS does not @@ -139,7 +142,7 @@ and MSI installers can be installed with $ msiexec /i yourprog.msi For the above to work you probably need to put the wine-1.x.x/bin directory in -your PATH. +your PATH. To install MinGW, the easiest option is to use the automated installer on the MinGW download page. This will give you (at this moment) GCC 3.4.5; GCC 4.x is @@ -156,7 +159,7 @@ add adding a PATH variable in HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Environment. Virtualenv ---------- Virtualenv is a very useful tool to keep several versions of packages around. -It is also used in the Paver script to build the docs. +It is also used in the Paver script to build the docs. What is released @@ -164,14 +167,12 @@ What is released Binaries -------- -Windows binaries in "superpack" form for Python 2.5/2.6/2.7/3.1/3.2. +Windows binaries in "superpack" form for Python 2.6/2.7/3.2/3.3. A superpack contains three builds, for SSE2, SSE3 and no SSE. OS X binaries are made in dmg format, targeting only the Python from `python.org <http://python.org>`_ -For Python 2.4 binaries are not built. It should be checked however -that the source release works with Python 2.4. Other ----- @@ -186,13 +187,6 @@ A source release in both .zip and .tar.gz formats is released. Release process =============== -Check the buildbot ------------------- -For Numpy, check the buildbot located at `<http://buildbot.scipy.org/>`_. -Also check that the benchmarks (which are not run as part of the test suite) -work. Note that at the moment this applies only to Scipy; Numpy doesn't have -a benchmark suite. So, run ``scipy.bench()``. - Agree on a release schedule --------------------------- A typical release schedule is one beta, two release candidates and a final @@ -297,14 +291,14 @@ define NPY_x_y_API_VERSION in numpyconfig.h Make the release ---------------- -The tar-files and binary releases for distribution should be uploaded to SourceForge, +The tar-files and binary releases for distribution should be uploaded to SourceForge, together with the Release Notes and the Changelog. Uploading can be done through a web interface or, more efficiently, through scp/sftp/rsync as -described in the SourceForge +described in the SourceForge `upload guide <https://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/sourceforge/wiki/Release%20files%20for%20download>`_. For example:: - scp <filename> <username>,numpy@frs.sourceforge.net:/home/frs/project/n/nu/numpy/NumPy/<releasedir>/ + scp <filename> <username>,numpy@frs.sourceforge.net:/home/frs/project/n/nu/numpy/NumPy/<releasedir>/ Update PyPi ----------- @@ -353,7 +347,7 @@ Update scipy.org A release announcement with a link to the download site should be placed in the sidebar of the front page of scipy.org. -Announce to the lists +Announce to the lists --------------------- The release should be announced on the mailing lists of NumPy and SciPy, to python-announce, and possibly also those of |