Previous release: #5834

Next release: #6453

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 --public to the command line
• Diff of the change log of 5.5 with 5.4 to check only 5.4 was modified.
• Add links to the file CHANGES.md
• Rewrap the file CHANGES.md
• Reorder the file CHANGES.md
• Update Documentation/doc/resources/1.8.13/menu_version.js and the other three 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:
• PR for vcpkg:
• RPM for Fedora: bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2022-5017ff5a38
• Update cgal.geometryfactory.com/CGAL/Members/wiki/Releases
• Update 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 file Installation/include/CGAL/version.h (for header-only)
• Update the file Installation/lib/cmake/CGAL/CGALConfigVersion.cmake
• 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 cgal.geometryfactory.com/CGAL/Members/wiki/Releases
• Update CGAL/cgal/wiki/Internal-Releases
• Create a new issue for the check list of the next release
• Update 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
• Reupload the pre-compiled demos
• update PR for brew package: cgal 5.5 Homebrew/homebrew-core#105893
• update PR for vcpkg: [cgal] update to 5.5 microsoft/vcpkg#25956
• update RPM for Fedora: bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2022-aebec9bb07
• Add news entry for cgal-web
• Update geometryfactory.com with news from GF.
• Update files modified in 4bd7049 and activate boost mp by default

After a bug-fix release 5.5.1

• 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 cgal.geometryfactory.com/CGAL/Members/wiki/Releases
• Update the Github milestone
• Update cgal.org/releases.html and change the post flags (latest-release) + remove the beta flag (latest-beta-release)
• Re-upload the pre-compiled demos
• PR for Conan: cgal: add version 5.5.1 conan-io/conan-center-index#13443 (merged)
• PR for Conda: cgal-cpp v5.5.1 conda-forge/cgal-cpp-feedstock#29 (automatic)
• update PR for brew package: cgal 5.5.1 Homebrew/homebrew-core#112981 (by @fxcoudert, merged)
• update PR for vcpkg: [cgal] update to 5.5.1 microsoft/vcpkg#27202 (merged)
• update RPM for Fedora: bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2022-0863bfadbe
• Add news entry for cgal-web
• Email announcement

After a bug-fix release 5.5.2

• 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 cgal.geometryfactory.com/CGAL/Members/wiki/Releases
• Update the Github milestone
• Update cgal.org/releases.html and change the post flags (latest-release) + remove the beta flag (latest-beta-release)
• Re-upload the pre-compiled demos
• PR for Conan: [cgal] compatibility with Conan 2.0, and cgal/5.5.2 conan-io/conan-center-index#17858
• PR for Conda: cgal-cpp v5.5.2 conda-forge/cgal-cpp-feedstock#31 and cgal v5.5.2.post202303131425 conda-forge/cgal-feedstock#82
• update PR for brew package: cgal 5.5.2 Homebrew/homebrew-core#124480
• update PR for vcpkg: [cgal] update to 5.5.2 microsoft/vcpkg#30341
• update RPM for Fedora: bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-e06b67e957
• Add news entry for cgal-web
• Email announcement

After a bug-fix release 5.5.3

• 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 cgal.geometryfactory.com/CGAL/Members/wiki/Releases
• Update the Github milestone
• Update cgal.org/releases.html and change the post flags (latest-release) + remove the beta flag (latest-beta-release)
• Re-upload the pre-compiled demos
• PR for Conan: [cgal] add cgal/5.5.3 conan-io/conan-center-index#18953
• PR for Conda: update v5.5.3 conda-forge/cgal-cpp-feedstock#35 and cgal v5.5.3.post202307282311 conda-forge/cgal-feedstock#83
• update PR for brew package: na, a PR for 5.6 was submitted cgal 5.6 Homebrew/homebrew-core#137964
• update PR for vcpkg: [cgal] update to 5.5.3 microsoft/vcpkg#32804
• update RPM for Fedora: bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-c3dc90e37a and bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-cc566f0607
• Add news entry for cgal-web
• Email announcement

After a bug-fix release 5.5.4

• 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 cgal.geometryfactory.com/CGAL/Members/wiki/Releases
• Update the Github milestone
• Update cgal.org/releases.html and change the post flags (latest-release) + remove the beta flag (latest-beta-release)
• Re-upload the pre-compiled demos
• PR for Conan:
• PR for Conda:
• update PR for brew package: na, a PR for 5.6 was submitted cgal 5.6 Homebrew/homebrew-core#137964
• update PR for vcpkg:
• update RPM for Fedora:
• Add news entry for cgal-web
• Email announcement

After a bug-fix release 5.5.5

• 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 N/A: the branch is closed
• Update cgal.geometryfactory.com/CGAL/Members/wiki/Releases
• Update the Github milestone
• Update cgal.org/releases.html and change the post flags (latest-release) + remove the beta flag (latest-beta-release)
• Re-upload the pre-compiled demos
• PR for Conan:
• PR for Conda:
• update PR for brew package: na, a PR for 5.6 was submitted cgal 5.6 Homebrew/homebrew-core#137964
• update PR for vcpkg:
• update RPM for Fedora:
• Add news entry for cgal-web
• Email announcement