From 62e551534152de0c7ad81b1de5f4cb778905c051 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lars Immisch <immisch@adobe.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2020 22:00:44 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Document the release process.

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 doc/README.md | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/README.md b/doc/README.md
index d38b695..1e7875d 100644
--- a/doc/README.md
+++ b/doc/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,22 @@
+# Make a new release
+
+Update the version in setup.py
+
+    pyalsa_version = '0.9.0'
+
+Commit and push the update.
+
+Create and push a tag naming the version (i.e. 0.9.0):
+
+    git tag 0.9.0
+    git push origin 0.9.0
+
+Upload the package:
+
+    python3 setup.py sdist
+
+Don't forget to update the documentation.
+
 # Publish the documentation
 
 The documentation is published through the `gh-pages` branch.