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@ -211,7 +211,8 @@ How to make a new release
1) Update ``NEWS.rst`` with all the changes since the last release. Write a
changelog entry for each PR, with one or two short sentences summarizing it,
as well as links to the PR and relevant issues addressed by the PR.
as well as links to the PR and relevant issues addressed by the PR. Do not
put a new title, the next command will do it for you.
2) Use semantic versioning to decide whether the new release will be a 'major',
'minor' or 'patch' release. It's usually one of the latter two, depending on
whether new backward compatible APIs were added, or simply some bugs were fixed.
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It also commits an additional version bump which opens the main branch for
the subsequent developmental cycle
4) Push both the tag and commit to the upstream repository, by running the command
``git push --follow-tags``.
``git push --follow-tags``. Note: it may push other local tags as well, be
careful.
5) Let the CI build the wheel and source distribution packages and verify both
get uploaded to the Python Package Index (PyPI).
6) [Optional] Go to fonttools `Github Releases <https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/releases>`__