Release process

All releases

This document simply outlines the release process:

Ensure you are running on the oldest supported Erlang version
Remove all -dev extension from versions (see below for all files)
Ensure CHANGELOG is updated and add the current date
Update "Compatibility and Deprecations" if a new OTP version is supported. If a new vMAJOR.MINOR, update all tables in the page
If a new vMAJOR.MINOR, create a new branch "vMAJOR.MINOR" and set CANONICAL= in Makefile
Commit changes above with title "Release vVERSION" and generate a new tag
Run make clean test to ensure all tests pass from scratch and the CI is green
Recompile an existing project (for example, Ecto) to ensure manifests can be upgraded
Push branch and the new tag
Publish new zips with make zips, upload Precompiled.zip and Docs.zip to GitHub Releases
Add the release to elixir.csv and _data/elixir-versions.yml files in elixir-lang/elixir-lang.github.com
After a new vMAJOR.MINOR, move back to master, bump versions, start new CHANGELOG, add -dev back and commit "Start vMAJOR.MINOR+1"