Previous release: #8223

Next release:

Before the beta release

• Update of the Supported platforms.
• Update of the minimum third party versions.
• Update the Installation/lib/cmake/CGAL/CGALConfigVersion.cmake
• Update the file Installation/include/CGAL/version.h
• change the file /home/lrineau/CGAL/cgal-testsuite-cgal-gf.git/bin/create_internal_release_of_the_day.py to create and test the -beta1 version of CGAL (from main or from the release branch, if already created)
• Diff of the change log of 6.2 with 6.1 to check only 6.2 was modified.
• Add links to the file CHANGES.md ( Prepare CHANGES.md for 6.2 #9411)
• Rewrap the file CHANGES.md ( Prepare CHANGES.md for 6.2 #9411)
• Reorder the file CHANGES.md ( Prepare CHANGES.md for 6.2 #9411)
• 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:
• 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
• Prepare an update of rewrite rules following the split of PMP in Breakup and improve PMP's documentation #9286

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/cgal-testsuite-cgal-gf.git/bin/create_internal_release_of_the_day.py 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
• 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
• Update https://geometryfactory.com/ with news from GF.

After a bug-fix release 6.2.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