bpython does not have a set release cycle. The developers will decide together when the time is ripe to release a version. For information what happens after the decision is made to make a release you should read the 'Release Path' section.
After it is decided to release a new version of bpython the following checklist is followed:
- The repository is frozen, nobody pushes until the version is built.
- Bob (:ref:`authors`) makes a tarball of the new version and sends it to Simon (:ref:`authors`) who will host it on the bpython website.
- The package is then downloaded by all of the people who like to test it.
- Everybody checks if there are no great problems:
- Version numbers correct?
- CHANGELOG is correct?
- AUTHORS?
- After everybody says 'yes' the website and PyPI are updated to point to this
new version.
- Simon (:ref:`authors`) also checks if all numbers on the website have been updated.
- 24 hours later package maintainers could update their stuff.
A checklist to perform some manual tests before a release:
Check that all of the following work before a release:
- Runs under Python 2.6, 2.7, 3.3, and 3.4.
- Save
- Rewind
- Pastebin
- Pager
- Inspect source
- History
- Tab completion
- Argument inspection
- All keybinds
- All packaged themes
- Command line arguments correctly passed to scripts
- Delegate to standard Python appropriately
- Update CHANGELOG
- Update __version__