Building a release

Build Biopython in 21 easy steps!!

1. make sure I have the latest code

   drevil:~biopython> cvs update -P -d 

2. bump version number of Martel (sync with Biopython version?) by editing Martel/__init__.py so that any changes will be installed on new downloads. Make sure to commit the modified Martel to CVS.

3. make sure README still up to date

4. add info to NEWS

   > cvs log -b -N -d'>2002-12-18' 

5. make sure CONTRIB still current

6. make sure setup.py still up to date

• update version

7. do last check to make sure things are checked in

   > rm -r build
   > rm Martel/*.pyc
   > rm Tests/*.pyc
   > make clean -C doc
   > cvs update -P -d 

8. build Biopython and do last regression test

   drevil:~biopython> python setup.py build 
   drevil:~biopython> python setup.py install 
   drevil:~biopython/Tests> python run_tests.py --no-gui 

9. check out clean version somewhere else

   drevil:~tmp1/> cvs -d :ext:jchang@pub.open-bio.org:/home/repository/biopython checkout biopython 

10. make documentation PDF, text and HTML in Doc

11. make MANIFEST. First, make sure MANIFEST.in up to date.

   > make clean -C doc
   > python setup.py sdist --manifest-only 

12. make sure the regression tests run here

   drevil:~tmp1/biopython/Tests/> python run_tests.py --no-gui 

13. make the source distribution

   drevil:~tmp1/biopython> python setup.py sdist --formats=gztar,zip 

14. untar the file somewhere else

   drevil:~tmp2> tar -xzvf ../tmp1/biopython/dist/biopython-1.00a1.tar.gz

• Check to make sure it includes Martel

15. make sure I can build and test it

   drevil:~tmp2/biopython-1.00a1/> python setup.py build
   drevil:~tmp2/biopython-1.00a1/> python setup.py test
   drevil:~tmp2/biopython-1.00a1/> python setup.py install --root . 

16. add CVS tag

   drevil:~biopython> cvs tag biopython-100a1 

17. Update API documentation using Epydoc.

• Go to the /usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages (or equivalent) directory. Running epydoc in your CVS tree works, but can miss some packages due to import errors.

   epydoc -o api -u http://biopython.org -n Biopython --docformat plaintext Bio BioSQL Martel

• Move the generated api directory to replace /home/websites/biopython.org/html/static/DIST/docs/api.

18. ftp the .tar.gz, .zip files to biopython

19. update the web site

• add to Download page (through the wiki)
• Post news on news.open-bio.org
• make sure links work

20. clean up the tmp directories I made

21. send email to biopython@biopython.org, biopython-announce@biopython.org