How to: Prepare a release

• Create a milestone with the full version number MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH(-SUFFIX) in the official repo:
  • Check that all closed issues and PRs are associated to this milestone.
  • Move remaining open issues and PRs to a future milestone.
  • Close the milestone.
• Create a branch release/MAJOR.MINOR in the official repo:
  • Base the current release branch on the previous release branch
  • Bump version and version_suffix in appveyor.yml in master branch (if not yet done).
  • Merge master branch into current release branch.
  • Verify that everything builds correctly.
• Create the final build artifacts:
  • Download the artifact from https://ci.appveyor.com.
• Create a release Version MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH(-SUFFIX) in the official repo:
  • Tag the version with vMAJOR.MINOR.PATCH(-SUFFIX) on current release branch.
  • Attach the artifact.
• Upload to https://www.nuget.org