09 - Releases

Creating a release is the final step to distribute software to users. It involves "freezing" the repository in a specific commit and attaching binaries and other ready to use assets. Users should be able to grab one of the releases and use it direclty without having to setup a dev environment.

The skill New Release involves the creation of a release for your own project used in the last lessons.

"skill_id": 12, "metadata": {"url": "release url", "group": ["student2"]}

Instructions

The following guids might be useful.

• Creating releases in Github
• PyInstaller for creating installers/binaries using Python

The following checks will be used to verify if this skill is completed:

• there is a release in the repo's Releases tab containing the description of the release and the source code
• the release includes either an installer or a direccly executable file in one of the following formats:
  • Linux: .deb, .rpm for installers, AppImage for executables
  • Windows: .msi installer or single .exe (plus asses, if necessary)
  • Other: if the project is an extension, plugin or any other type of stoftware, the release must include a redistributable package in the official format