releaser 0.1.1

Automates the process of releasing a new version of some software.

Easily write a script to release a new version, with variable steps.

Releasing software usually is a pain. There are several checks that the developer must make for each new version. The developer is prone to forget one of them or perform the checks out of the optimal order. As Murphy would have it, many buggy releases are created for this reason.

releaser is a little framework the developer can use to write a script to guide him through the new version release process, such that the checks are performed automatically. (Each software project will have a release script that differs a little bit from others.)

Many steps of a common release process have already been implemented, and you can easily write your own. (If you do write a step, please donate the code to the project.)

Installing releaser

Activate your virtualenv, then:

easy_install -UZ releaser

Getting started

Simply download this script to the root of your project, then edit it. (You can read it here.)

Links

Our project home and issue tracker are at GitHub. It’s easy to use the source.

releaser supports Python 2.6, 2.7, 3.2 and 3.3 (without translation) through the nine project.

A popular alternative to releaser is the project zest.releaser.