WxHaskell/Development/Release procedure

The wxHaskell release procedure

• Update the file README.md
• Update revisions in the .cabal files of wxdirect, wxc, wxcore and wx
• Check if the packages and samples compile and the samples run
• Commit the changes to the local Git repository
• Add a tag in the format

    wxhaskell-x-y-z-w

to the local Git repository

• Push to GitHub
• Create distribution files with

    cabal sdist

for each package

• Upload the distribution files to Hackage
• Download the candidate packages and compile them
• Release the candidate packages
• Send an announcement to

   Haskell Café <haskell-cafe＠haskell.org>,
   haskell@haskell.org <haskell＠haskell.org>,
   wxHaskell user mailing list <wxhaskell-users＠lists.sourceforge.net>,
   wxHaskell developer mailing list <wxhaskell-devel＠lists.sourceforge.net>,
   Daan Leijen <d​aan＠microsoft.com>

• Update the wxHaskell news