Release 0.13.1 checklist

Preparing the release

• ~Rerun all notebooks (pay special attention to new features)~
• ~Review documentation, optionally improving the user guide or adding new notebooks showcasing new functionality~
• Write the changelog and list of contributors
  • Commits since last release branch https://github.com/poliastro/poliastro/compare/0.13.0...master
  • Issues closed in this milestone https://github.com/poliastro/poliastro/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aclosed+closed%3A>%3D2019-07-21+sort%3Aupdated-asc
  • Pull requests merged since last branching https://github.com/poliastro/poliastro/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Amerged+merged%3A>%3D2019-07-21+sort%3Aupdated-asc
• Add 0.13.x branch to CI scripts

Before the beta release

• New branch
• Bump version to 0.13.1b1 in:
  • README.rst
  • __init__.py
  • Sphinx conf.py
  • AppVeyor CI script
• Check that the release branch will be tested on CI
• Check all the badges in README point to the appropriate git branch (replace master by new branch sed -i 's/master/.../g' README.rst)
• Check that docs badges and URLs point to appropriate tag (replace latest by new tag, without sed!)
• Commit
• Generate sdist and bdist_wheel
• twine upload dist/* --repository-url https://test.pypi.org/legacy/
• Tag
• Bump master to next development version

Beta release

• Push branch to GitHub and tags
• Check on Test PyPI that the badges will work
• Upload sdist and bdist_wheel to PyPI - this step cannot be undone if the release is removed! twine upload dist/* --repository-url https://upload.pypi.org/legacy/
• Check Read the Docs (check https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/webhooks.html#github first)

Before final release

• Backport any bugs
• Update release date in changelog
• Bump version to 0.13.1 in:
  • README.rst
  • __init__.py
  • Sphinx conf.py
  • AppVeyor CI script
• Check that docs badges and URLs point to appropriate tag (replace v0.13.1b1 by v0.13.1)
• Commit
• Generate sdist and bdist_wheel
• twine upload dist/* --repository-url https://test.pypi.org/legacy/
• Tag

Final release

• Push tag to GitHub
• Upload sdist and bdist_wheel to PyPI - this step cannot be undone if the release is removed! twine upload dist/* --repository-url https://upload.pypi.org/legacy/
• Check Read the Docs (check https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/webhooks.html#github first)
• Create GitHub release
• Add Zenodo badge to GitHub release
• Send announcement email
• Cherry pick release date to master
• Close milestone

[astrojuanlu]

My current patches seem to be merged: #758, #761, #767.

They are in master though, and we will make a release in the 0.13.x branch, so I will backport them.

[astrojuanlu]

Thanks @olebole!