Releasing Tax-Caclculator Packages#
The following outlines the process for releasing a new taxcalc package.
In the top-level Tax-Calculator directory, do the following:
--> run `git switch master`  [to get on master branch]
--> run `./gitsync`  [to ensure master is up-to-date with GitHub version]
--> run `make clean`  [to remove any local taxcalc package]
--> run `git checkout -b X-Y-Z`  [to create X-Y-Z (e.g., `4-4-1`) branch]
--> on branch X-Y-Z, edit docs/about/releases.md to finalize X.Y.Z info
--> specify release X.Y.Z in setup.py, taxcalc/__init__.py, docs/index.md
--> run `python update_pcl.py`  [to update policy_current_law.json if needed]
--> run `make cstest`  [to confirm project coding style is being followed]
--> run `make pytest-all`  [to confirm all pytest test are passing]
--> run `make idtest`  [to check CLI results for CPS, PUF, TMD input data]
--> run `make tctest-jit`  [to make sure JIT decorators are not hiding bugs]
--> commit X-Y-Z branch and push to origin
--> open new GitHub pull request using your X-Y-Z branch
Then ask @jdebacker to review and merge the pull request and create the package.
Notes on creating package for distribution#
--> merge X-Y-Z branch into master branch on GitHub
--> on local master branch, ./gitsync
--> create release X.Y.Z on GitHub using master branch
--> create new package on Conda-Forge for release X.Y.Z
--> open a PR to github.com/conda-forge/taxcalc-feedstock where
    you change the `recipe/meta.yaml` file by updating:
    (1) the version number to X.Y.Z and
    (2) the checksum to reflect the checksum for the
        tarball for release X.Y.Z in the Tax-Calculator GitHub repo