Previous release: #6453

Next release: #8223

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
• change the crontab to add --beta 1 --public to the command line
• Diff of the change log of 6.0 with 5.6 to check only 6.0 was modified.
• Add links to the file CHANGES.md Prepare CHANGES.md for 6.0 #8226
• Rewrap the file CHANGES.md Prepare CHANGES.md for 6.0 #8226
• Reorder the file CHANGES.md Prepare CHANGES.md for 6.0 #8226
• 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
• Update release creation script to upload doc with MathJax version (was done manually in 5.6)
• @soesau update changes.md with information on the 2 kinetic packages

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:
• 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: After publication of CGAL-6.0 cgal-swig-bindings#276
• Re-upload the pre-compiled demos
• update PR for brew package: cgal 6.0 Homebrew/homebrew-core#192120
• update PR for vcpkg: [cgal] update to 6.0 microsoft/vcpkg#41300
• add PR for Conan: cgal: add cgal/6.0 conan-io/conan-center-index#25637
• check PRs for Conda: cgal-cpp v6.0 conda-forge/cgal-cpp-feedstock#40 and cgal v6.0.post202410011635 conda-forge/cgal-feedstock#98.
• [CGAL-6.0] update CGAL RPM package for Fedora 42 #8552
• Add news entry for cgal-web
• Email announcement
• Update https://geometryfactory.com/ with news from GF.

After 6.0.1

• 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 6.0.1 Homebrew/homebrew-core#195228
• update PR for vcpkg: [cgal] update to 6.0.1 microsoft/vcpkg#41845
• 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: cgal-cpp v6.0.1 conda-forge/cgal-cpp-feedstock#41 and cgal v6.0.1.post202410241521 conda-forge/cgal-feedstock#99
• update RPM for Fedora: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-553d896483
• Add news entry for cgal-web
• Email announcement

After 6.0.2

• 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:
• update PR for vcpkg:
• add PR for Conan: 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: cgal-cpp v6.0.2 conda-forge/cgal-cpp-feedstock#44
• update RPM for Fedora: for fc42, fc43, and for EPEL10
• Add news entry for cgal-web
• Email announcement

After 6.0.3

• 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 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, 6.1.1 already published
• update PR for vcpkg: N/A, 6.1.1 already published
• add PR for Conan: add cgal/6.0.3 and cgal/6.1.1 conan-io/conan-center-index#29439
• check PR for Conda at https://github.com/conda-forge/cgal-cpp-feedstock: N/A, 6.1.1 already published
• update RPM for Fedora: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-8bfcfeda1b
• Add news entry for cgal-web
• Email announcement

After a bug-fix release 6.0.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 at https://github.com/conan-io/conan-center-index
• 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