Previous release: #6242

Next release: #7367

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 5.6 with 5.5 to check only 5.6 was modified.
• Add links to the file CHANGES.md Prepare CHANGES.md for 5.6 #7393
• Rewrap the file CHANGES.md Prepare CHANGES.md for 5.6 #7393
• Reorder the file CHANGES.md Prepare CHANGES.md for 5.6 #7393
• 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: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-dbbff26537
• Update https://cgal.geometryfactory.com/CGAL/Members/wiki/Releases
• Update https://www.cgal.org/releases.html and change the post flags (active-beta-release)
• Email announcement
• 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 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 Github Action workflow files of cgal-swig-bindings: Update to CGAL-5.6 cgal-swig-bindings#243
• Re-upload the pre-compiled demos
• update PR for brew package: cgal 5.6 Homebrew/homebrew-core#137964
• update PR for vcpkg: [cgal] update to 5.6 microsoft/vcpkg#32896
• add PR for Conan: [cgal] add cgal/5.6 conan-io/conan-center-index#19124
• check PR for Conda at https://github.com/conda-forge/cgal-cpp-feedstock (a bot usual adds a PR): updated v5.6 conda-forge/cgal-cpp-feedstock#34
• update RPM for Fedora: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-a2f9277dff
• Add news entry for cgal-web
• Email announcement
• Update https://geometryfactory.com/ with news from GF.

After bug-fix release 5.6.1

• 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 https://cgal.geometryfactory.com/CGAL/Members/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: cgal 5.6.1 Homebrew/homebrew-core#164539
• update PR for vcpkg: [cgal] update to 5.6.1 microsoft/vcpkg#37422
• add PR for Conan: [cgal] add cgal/5.6.1 conan-io/conan-center-index#23092
• check PR for Conda: cgal-cpp v5.6.1 conda-forge/cgal-cpp-feedstock#37 and cgal v5.6.1.post202402281818 conda-forge/cgal-feedstock#90
• update RPM for Fedora: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-4e5716bfaa
• Add news entry for cgal-web
• Email announcement

After a bug-fix release 5.6.2

• 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 https://cgal.geometryfactory.com/CGAL/Members/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: N/A (6.0)
• update PR for vcpkg: N/A (because 6.0 was published)
• add PR for Conan: add cgal/6.0.1, cgal/5.6.2, and cgal/5.5.5 conan-io/conan-center-index#25751
• check PR for Conda at https://github.com/conda-forge/cgal-cpp-feedstock (a bot usual adds a PR): N/A
• update RPM for Fedora: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-e069968b57
• Add news entry for cgal-web
• Email announcement

After a bug-fix release 5.6.3

• 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 (branch closed)
• Update https://cgal.geometryfactory.com/CGAL/Members/wiki/Releases
• Update the Github 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:
• add PR for Conan: #9073: add cgal/5.6.3 and cgal/6.0.2 conan-io/conan-center-index#28419
• check PR for Conda at https://github.com/conda-forge/cgal-cpp-feedstock (a bot usual adds a PR):
• update RPM for Fedora: for f41, EPEL8, EPEL9
• Add news entry for cgal-web
• Email announcement

After a bug-fix release 5.6.x

• 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 https://cgal.geometryfactory.com/CGAL/Members/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:
• add PR for Conan:
• check PR for Conda at https://github.com/conda-forge/cgal-cpp-feedstock (a bot usual adds a PR):
• update RPM for Fedora:
• Add news entry for cgal-web
• Email announcement