How to Make a Release¶

A core developer should use the following steps to create a release X.Y.Z of scikit-build.

Configure ~/.pypirc as described here.
Make sure that all CI tests are passing: AppVeyor, CircleCI and TravisCi.
Update version numbers and download count:

in setup.py and skbuild/__init__.py

in CHANGES.rst by changing Next Release section header with Scikit-build X.Y.Z.

run this big table query and update the pypi download count in README.rst. To learn more about pypi-stats, see How to get PyPI download statistics.

Commit the changes using title scikit-build X.Y.Z.

Create the source tarball and binary wheels:

git checkout master
git fetch upstream
git reset --hard upstream/master
rm -rf dist/
python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel

Upload the packages to the testing PyPI instance:
```
twine upload --sign -r pypitest dist/*
```
Check the PyPI testing package page.
Tag the release. Requires a GPG key with signatures. For version X.Y.Z:
```
git tag -s -m "scikit-build X.Y.Z" X.Y.Z upstream/master
```
Upload the packages to the PyPI instance:
```
twine upload --sign dist/*
```
Check the PyPI package page.
Make sure the package can be installed:

mkvirtualenv skbuild-pip-install pip install scikit-build rmvirtualenv skbuild-pip-install
Add a Next Release section back in CHANGES.rst and merge the result.
Push local changes