Previous release: #5745

Next release: #6242

Before the beta release

• Update of the Supported platforms.
• Update the Installation/lib/cmake/CGAL/CGALConfigVersion.cmake
• 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 5.4 with 5.3 to check only 5.3 was modified.
• Add links to the file CHANGES.md (Prepare CHANGES.md for 5.4 #6122)
• Rewrap the file CHANGES.md
• Reorder the file `CHANGES
• 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
• 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: cgal: update to CGAL-5.4-beta1 (WIP) Homebrew/homebrew-core#92182
• PR for vcpkg: [cgal] Update to 5.4 microsoft/vcpkg#22308
• RPM for Fedora: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2021-bea7d35b36
• Update /wiki/Releases
• Update https://www.cgal.org/releases.html and change the post flags (active-beta-release)
• Upload the pre-compiled demos
• Check the pre-compiled demos run correctly

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.
• prepare the announcement email

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 https://cgal.geometryfactory.com/CGAL/Members/wiki/Releases
• Update https://github.com/CGAL/cgal/wiki/Internal-Releases
• Create a new issue for the check list of the next release
• Update https://www.cgal.org/releases.html and change the post flags (latest-release) + remove the beta flag (active-beta-release)
• Update Travis config file of cgal-swig-bindings
• Re-upload the pre-compiled demos
• update PR for brew package: external contribution cgal 5.4 Homebrew/homebrew-core#94236
• update PR for vcpkg: [cgal] Update to 5.4 microsoft/vcpkg#22308
• update RPM for Fedora: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2022-31f35f945d
• Add news entry for cgal-web
• Update https://geometryfactory.com/ with news from GF.

After a bug-fix release 5.4.1

• 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 the Github milestone
• 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: Homebrew/homebrew-core@edd3266
• update PR for vcpkg: [cgal] Update to version 5.4.1 microsoft/vcpkg#25141
• update RPM for Fedora:
  • Fedora rawhide: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2022-0009fe5117
  • Fedora 36: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2022-77eeb889e6
• Add news entry for cgal-web
• Email announcement

After a bug-fix release 5.4.2

• 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 the Github milestone
• 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: [cgal] Update to version 5.4.2 microsoft/vcpkg#25839
• update RPM for Fedora: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2022-5973c0cf21
• Add news entry for cgal-web
• Email announcement

After a bug-fix release 5.4.3

• 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 the Github milestone
• 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: not applicable, now that there is CGAL-5.5 and CGAL-5.5.1.
• update RPM for Fedora: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2022-6ea42092bd
• Add news entry for cgal-web
• Email announcement

After a bug-fix release 5.4.4

• 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 the Github milestone
• 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: not applicable, now that there is CGAL-5.5 and CGAL-5.5.1.
• update RPM for Fedora:
• Add news entry for cgal-web
• Email announcement

After a bug-fix release 5.4.5

• 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 (branch closed)
• Update /wiki/Releases
• Update the Github milestone (milestone closed)
• 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: not applicable, now that there is CGAL-5.5 and CGAL-5.5.1.
• update RPM for Fedora: not applicable Fedora 36 is closed
• Add news entry for cgal-web
• Email announcement