RELEASE_PROCESS.md

Release process

1. If the REST API docs changed: Run /scripts/build_rest_api_docs.py and commit the result.

2. Add release notes to docs/whatsnew.rst

3. Create a new release with tag and name (no leading v): x.x.x

   This kicks off the GitHub actions pipeline that will:

   • Build the dlls, the xlwings.xlam, the standalone files and xlwings.bas (they depend on the version number) and the Python package
   • Upload the Python package to PyPI and xlwings.xlam to the GitHub release page
   • Trigger a rebuild of https://www.xlwings.org so it is updated with latest version/date

4. readthedocs.org triggers a new build automatically (login with GH account)

5. The conda-forge package automatically creates a PR shortly after uploading the package to PyPI, so the only tasks left here is to check back after a few hours and merge it if all pipelines built successfully.