Before the beta release

• Update of the Supported platforms.
• Update the public_release_name
• Update the file Installation/include/CGAL/version.h (for header-only)
• change the crontab to add --beta 1 to the command line
• Diff of the change log of 5.1 with 5.0 to check only 5.1 was modified.
• Add links to the file CHANGES.md (Fix a number of issues in CHANGES.md and add links for 5.1 #4714)
• Rewrap the file CHANGES.md (Fix a number of issues in CHANGES.md and add links for 5.1 #4714)
• Reorder the file CHANGES.md (Fix a number of issues in CHANGES.md and add links for 5.1 #4714)
• Update Documentation/doc/resources/1.8.13/menu_version.js and the other two copies
• Prepare the announcement mail of the beta release
• Prepare the modification of the web site, in upcoming (announcement plus release graph)
• open the milestone for the release
• remove cpp11, BOOST_FOREACH and co introduced by a merge of 4.14 branch (Remove cpp11::(tuple|get) #4774)
• Create new tables for features/small features with closed review for the next release

After the beta release

• change the crontab to add --beta 2 to the command line
• Update the file Installation/include/CGAL/version.h (for header-only)
• Update the file Installation/lib/cmake/CGAL/CGALConfigVersion.cmake
• clone the milestone
• PR for brew package: Update CGAL to 5.1 Homebrew/homebrew-core#58804
• PR for vcpkg: [cgal] Upgrade CGAL to 5.1 microsoft/vcpkg#12614
• RPM for Fedora: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/?packages=CGAL
• Update /wiki/Releases
• Update https://www.cgal.org/releases.html and change the post flags (latest-beta-release)
• Upload the pre-compiled demos

Before the official release

• Update the public_release_name
• Update the file Installation/include/CGAL/version.h (for header-only)
• change the crontab to remove --beta 1 from the command line
• Update menu_version.js in the documentation.
• remove cpp11, BOOST_FOREACH and co introduced by a merge of 4.14 branch

After the official release

• 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)
• Update /home/lrineau/CGAL/create_internal_release on cgal.gf.com
• Update the bug-fix number in the branch
• Update /wiki/Releases
• Update https://github.com/CGAL/cgal/wiki/Internal-Releases
• Create a new issue for the check list of the next release: 5.2 release check list #4989
• Update https://www.cgal.org/releases.html and change the post flags (latest-release) + remove the beta flag (latest-beta-release)
• Update Travis config file of cgal-swig-bindings: pending Test with CGAL 5.1 as well cgal-swig-bindings#181
• Re-upload the pre-compiled demos
• update PR for brew package: cgal 5.1 Homebrew/homebrew-core#60809
• update PR for vcpkg: pending [cgal] Upgrade CGAL to 5.1 microsoft/vcpkg#12614
• update RPM for Fedora: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-e9011e9454
• Add news entry for cgal-web
• RW rules for group name changes in PMP: Default Property_maps for Index_maps #4209

After a bug-fix release 5.1.2

• 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)
• Update the bug-fix number in the branch
• Update /wiki/Releases
• Update https://www.cgal.org/releases.html and change the post flags (latest-release) + remove the beta flag (latest-beta-release)
• Re-upload the pre-compiled demos
• update PR for brew package:
• update PR for vcpkg:
• update RPM for Fedora:
• Add news entry for cgal-web

After a bug-fix release 5.1.3

• 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)
• Update the bug-fix number in the branch
• Update /wiki/Releases
• Update https://www.cgal.org/releases.html and change the post flags (latest-release) + remove the beta flag (latest-beta-release)
• Re-upload the pre-compiled demos
• update PR for brew package:
• update PR for vcpkg:
• update RPM for Fedora: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2021-9de542ab4c
• Add news entry for cgal-web
• Merge Remove setup cgal-web#9 for the web site

After a bug-fix release 5.1.4

• 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)
• Update the bug-fix number in the branch
• Update /wiki/Releases
• Update https://www.cgal.org/releases.html and change the post flags (latest-release) + remove the beta flag (latest-beta-release)
• Re-upload the pre-compiled demos
• update PR for brew package:
• update PR for vcpkg:
• update RPM for Fedora: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2021-1f600fa159
• Add news entry for cgal-web

After a bug-fix release 5.1.5

• 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)
• Update the bug-fix number in the branch (last release in that branch)
• Update /wiki/Releases
• Re-upload the pre-compiled demos
• update PR for brew package:
• update PR for vcpkg:
• update RPM for Fedora: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2021-e173d9ce92
• Add news entry for cgal-web

Next release checklist: #4989 (CGAL-5.2).