6.1 check list

[lrineau]

Previous release: #7367

Next release: #8511

Before the beta release

Beta Give feedback

1. Update of the Supported platforms.
2. Update the Installation/lib/cmake/CGAL/CGALConfigVersion.cmake
3. Update the file Installation/include/CGAL/version.h
4. change the crontab to add --beta 1 --public to the command line
5. Diff of the change log of 6.1 with 6.0 to check only 6.1 was modified.
6. Add links to the file CHANGES.md
7. Rewrap the file CHANGES.md
8. Reorder the file CHANGES.md
9. Update Documentation/doc/resources/1.8.13/menu_version.js and the other three copies
10. Prepare the announcement mail of the beta release
11. Prepare the modification of the web site, in upcoming (announcement plus release graph)
12. open the milestone for the release
13. Create new tables for features/small features with closed review for the next release

After the beta release

Beta Give feedback

1. change the crontab to add --beta 2 to the command line
2. Update the file Installation/include/CGAL/version.h (for header-only)
3. Update the file Installation/lib/cmake/CGAL/CGALConfigVersion.cmake
4. clone the milestone
5. PR for brew package:
6. PR for vcpkg:
7. RPM for Fedora:
8. Update https://cgal.geometryfactory.com/CGAL/Members/wiki/Releases
9. Update https://www.cgal.org/releases.html and change the post flags (active-beta-release)
10. Email announcement
11. Upload the pre-compiled demos
12. Check the pre-compiled demos run correctly

Before the official release

Beta Give feedback

1. Update the file Installation/include/CGAL/version.h (for header-only)
2. Update the file Installation/lib/cmake/CGAL/CGALConfigVersion.cmake
3. change the crontab to remove --beta 1 from the command line
4. Update menu_version.js in the documentation.
5. prepare the announcement email

After the official release

Beta Give feedback

1. Tag PRs with bash tag_pr_per_release.sh (see Add script to label PR merge in a release since the previous major one #4000)
2. Update /home/lrineau/CGAL/cgal-testsuite-cgal-gf.git/bin/create_internal_release_of_the_day.py on cgal.gf.com
3. Update the bug-fix number in the branch
4. Update https://cgal.geometryfactory.com/CGAL/Members/wiki/Releases
5. Update https://github.com/CGAL/cgal/wiki/Internal-Releases
6. Create a new issue for the check list of the next release
7. Update https://www.cgal.org/releases.html and change the post flags (latest-release) + remove the beta flag (active-beta-release)
8. Update Github Action workflow files of cgal-swig-bindings
9. Re-upload the pre-compiled demos
10. update PR for brew package
11. update PR for vcpkg
12. add PR for Conan at https://github.com/conan-io/conan-center-index
13. check PR for Conda at https://github.com/conda-forge/cgal-cpp-feedstock (a bot usual adds a PR)
14. update RPM for Fedora:
15. Add news entry for cgal-web
16. Email announcement
17. Update https://geometryfactory.com/ with news from GF.

After a bug-fix release 6.1.x

Beta Give feedback

1. Tag PRs with bash tag_pr_per_release.sh (see Add script to label PR merge in a release since the previous major one #4000)
2. Update the bug-fix number in the branch
3. Update https://cgal.geometryfactory.com/CGAL/Members/wiki/Releases
4. Update the Github milestone
5. Update https://www.cgal.org/releases.html and change the post flags (latest-release) + remove the beta flag (latest-beta-release)
6. Re-upload the pre-compiled demos
7. update PR for brew package:
8. update PR for vcpkg:
9. add PR for Conan at https://github.com/conan-io/conan-center-index
10. check PR for Conda at https://github.com/conda-forge/cgal-cpp-feedstock (a bot usual adds a PR)
11. update RPM for Fedora:
12. Add news entry for cgal-web
13. Email announcement