.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later

Releases
========

Releases follow the semantic versioning ``Major.Minor.Patch``.

.. note::

   Releases are scheduled when there are "enough" features or important bugfixes
   which can impact kirk usability.

Setting up a new release
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These are the steps which need to be completed before a new release:

* bump ``libkirk.__version__`` variable to the new kirk version
* verify that CI has been completed and passing after pushing
* manually test Qemu support via ``libkirk/tests/test_qemu.py``
* create a package via ``python -m build`` command
* push package in pypi via ``twine upload dist/kirk-<version>.tar.gz`` command
* upgrade kirk version inside the LTP project