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- 1. [ ] (Create release branch)
  1. [ ] With each 20XX.1 release, update Copyright notices accordingly
- 1. [ ] Update https://github.com/pymor/docs/index.html to point to new release
  1. [ ] Check wheel install on debian stretch produces an OK error message due to too old python
  1. [ ] Write Release Notes. All new deprecations need to be mentioned.
  1. [ ] Update Readme
- 1. [ ] Update Homepage
+ 1. [ ] (Create release branch)
  1. [ ] Tag commit
+ 1. [ ] produce sdist with checked out tag, make sure sdist version is correct
+ 1. [ ] produce tagged docker-all with `make VER=CURRENT_TAG && make VER=CURRENT_TAG push`
  1. [ ] Push tag
+ 1. [ ] Wait for CI build to finish
+ 1. [ ] upload sdist+wheels to pypi (conda builds are automatic via forge)
  1. [ ] bump/create demo docker
- 1. [ ] Wait for CI build to finish (this will upload sdist+wheels to pypi, conda builds to conda cloud)
+ 1. [ ] Update https://github.com/pymor/docs/index.html to point to new release
+ 1. [ ] Update Homepage
  1. [ ] Make a github release. Zenodo is hooked into that.
  1. [ ] update morwiki https://morwiki.mpi-magdeburg.mpg.de/morwiki/index.php/PyMOR
  1. [ ] update researchgate https://www.researchgate.net/project/pyMOR-Model-Order-Reduction-with-Python
+        (check formatting after submit!)
  1. [ ] Submit release to NA-digest: http://icl.utk.edu/na-digest/websubmit.html
  1. [ ] Send release announcement to pymor-dev
  1. [ ] add a new section in https://github.com/pymor/docker-all/blob/master/docs/releases/Dockerfile