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, wxInstall packages go to SourceForge
• Download the candidate packages and compile them
• Release the candidate packages
• Send an announcement to

   "Haskell Café" <haskell-cafe＠haskell.org>,
   "Haskell" <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>

Note: replace the ＠ characters with @

• Update the wxHaskell news
• Update the installation descriptions in the Haskell wiki, especially the Windows version
• Update the List of language bindings for wxWidgets on Wikipedia