Improved notes to release psycopg packages

doc/release.rst

@@ -1,16 +1,32 @@
 How to make a psycopg2 release
 ==============================
 
-- Edit ``setup.py`` and set a stable version release. Use PEP 440 as reversion
+- Edit ``setup.py`` and set a stable version release. Use PEP 440 to choose
-  numbers, e.g. ``2.7``.
+  version numbers, e.g.
 
-- Push psycopg2 to master or to the maint branch. Make sure tests pass.
+  - ``2.7``: a new major release, new features
-  in the `Travis settings`__ you may want to be sure that the varialbes
+  - ``2.7.1``: a bugfix release
+  - ``2.7.1.1``: a release to fix packaging problems
+  - ``2.7.2.dev0``: version held during development, non-public test packages...
+  - ``2.8b1``: a beta for public tests
+
+  In the rest of this document we assume you have exported the version number
+  into an environment variable, e.g.::
+
+    $ export VERSION=2.7
+
+- In the `Travis settings`__ you may want to be sure that the variables
   ``TEST_PAST`` and ``TEST_FUTURE`` are set to a nonzero string to check all
   the supported postgres version.
 
 .. __: https://travis-ci.org/psycopg/psycopg2/settings
 
+- Push psycopg2 to master or to the maint branch. Make sure tests on Travis__
+  and AppVeyor__ pass.
+
+.. __: https://travis-ci.org/psycopg/psycopg2
+.. __: https://ci.appveyor.com/project/psycopg/psycopg2
+
 - For an extra test merge or rebase the `test_i686`__ branch on the commit to
   release and push it too: this will test with Python 32 bits and debug
   versions.
@@ -41,34 +57,48 @@ How to make a psycopg2 release
 .. __: https://ci.appveyor.com/project/psycopg/psycopg2-wheels
 .. __: http://initd.org/psycopg/upload/
 
-- Download the packages generated::
+- Download the packages generated (this assumes ssh configured properly)::
 
-    $ rsync -arv initd.org:/home/upload/upload/psycopg2-2.7 .
+    $ rsync -arv initd-upload:psycopg2-${VERSION} .
 
-- Sign the packages and upload the signatures back. This assumes you have a
+- Sign the packages and upload the signatures back::
-  pkey configured to upload::
 
-    $ for f in psycopg2-2.7/*.{exe,tar.gz,whl}; do gpg --armor --detach-sign $f; done
+    $ for f in psycopg2-${VERSION}/*.{exe,tar.gz,whl}; do \
-    $ rsync -arv -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa-initd-upload psycopg2-2.7 upload@initd.org:
+        gpg --armor --detach-sign $f;
+      done
+
+    $ rsync -arv psycopg2-${VERSION} initd-upload:
 
 - Run the ``copy-tarball.sh`` script on the server to copy the uploaded files
   in the `tarballs`__ dir::
 
-    ssh psycoweb /home/psycoweb/copy-tarball.sh \
+    $ ssh psycoweb@initd.org copy-tarball.sh ${VERSION}
-        /home/upload/upload/psycopg2-2.7/psycopg2-2.7.tar.gz 
 
 .. __: http://initd.org/psycopg/tarballs/
 
 - Remove the ``.exe`` from the dir, because we don't want to upload them on
   PyPI::
 
-    for f in psycopg2-2.7/*.exe; do rm -v $f $f.asc; done
+    $ rm -v psycopg2-${VERSION}/*.exe{,.asc}
 
-- Upload the packages on PyPI::
+- Only for stable packages: upload the packages and signatures on PyPI::
 
-    twine upload psycopg2-2.7/*
+    $ twine upload psycopg2-${VERSION}/*
 
 - Create a release and release notes in the psycopg website, announce to
   psycopg and pgsql-announce mailing lists.
 
 - Edit ``setup.py`` changing the version again (e.g. go to ``2.7.1.dev0``).
+
+
+Releasing test packages
+-----------------------
+
+Test packages may be uploaded on the `PyPI testing site`__ using::
+
+    $ twine upload -r testpypi psycopg2-${VERSION}/*
+
+assuming `proper configuration`__ of ``~/.pypirc``.
+
+.. __: https://testpypi.python.org/pypi/psycopg2
+.. __: https://wiki.python.org/moin/TestPyPI