From 9f0cfbdfd2a24d4b300fa03f9ffb2532bcb964b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Firshman <ben@firshman.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 14:15:46 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Document release process

Signed-off-by: Ben Firshman <ben@firshman.co.uk>
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 CONTRIBUTING.md | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 5cc0dda05..9e47481c5 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -73,3 +73,21 @@ The easiest way to do this is to use the `--signoff` flag when committing. E.g.:
 
     $ git commit --signoff
 
+
+## Release process
+
+1. Open pull request that:
+
+ - Updates version in `fig/__init__.py`
+ - Updates version in `docs/install.md`
+ - Adds release notes to `CHANGES.md`
+
+2. Create unpublished GitHub release with release notes
+
+3. Build Linux version on any Docker host with `script/build-linux` and attach to release
+
+4. Build OS X version on Mountain Lion with `script/build-osx` and attach to release
+
+5. Publish GitHub release, creating tag
+
+