Update the release checklist post v0.14.0 release (#3692)

Co-authored-by: Wei Ji <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: Michael Grund <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: Yvonne Fröhlich <[email protected]>
GenericMappingTools · Jan 6, 2025 · 4c03bab · 4c03bab
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@@ -19,17 +19,15 @@ assignees: ''
 
 **Before release**:
 
-- [ ] Check [SPEC 0](https://scientific-python.org/specs/spec-0000/) to see if we need to bump the minimum supported versions of GMT, Python and
-      core package dependencies (NumPy, pandas, Xarray)
+- [ ] Check [SPEC 0](https://scientific-python.org/specs/spec-0000/) to see if we need to bump the minimum supported versions of GMT, Python and core package dependencies (NumPy, pandas, Xarray)
 - [ ] Review the ["PyGMT Team" page](https://www.pygmt.org/dev/team.html)
+- [ ] README looks good on TestPyPI. Visit [TestPyPI](https://test.pypi.org/project/pygmt/#history), click the latest pre-release, and check the homepage.
 - [ ] Check to ensure that:
   - [ ] Deprecated workarounds/codes/tests are removed. Run `grep "# TODO" **/*.py` to find all potential TODOs.
   - [ ] All tests pass in the ["GMT Legacy Tests" workflow](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/actions/workflows/ci_tests_legacy.yaml)
   - [ ] All tests pass in the ["GMT Dev Tests" workflow](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/actions/workflows/ci_tests_dev.yaml)
   - [ ] All tests pass in the ["Doctests" workflow](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/actions/workflows/ci_doctests.yaml)
-- [ ] Update warnings in `pygmt/_show_versions.py` as well as notes in
-      [Not working transparency](https://www.pygmt.org/dev/install.html#not-working-transparency)
-      regarding GMT-Ghostscript incompatibility
+- [ ] Update warnings in `pygmt/_show_versions.py` as well as notes in [Not working transparency](https://www.pygmt.org/dev/install.html#not-working-transparency) regarding GMT-Ghostscript incompatibility
 - [ ] Reserve a DOI on [Zenodo](https://zenodo.org) by clicking on "New Version"
 - [ ] Finish up the "Changelog entry for v0.x.x" Pull Request (Use the previous changelog PR as a reference)
 - [ ] Run `make codespell` to check common misspellings. If there are any, either fix them or add them to `ignore-words-list` in `pyproject.toml`
@@ -41,18 +39,16 @@ assignees: ''
   - [ ] Edit the draft release notes with the finalized changelog
   - [ ] Set the tag version and release title to vX.Y.Z
   - [ ] Make a release by clicking the 'Publish Release' button, this will automatically create a tag too
-- [ ] Download pygmt-X.Y.Z.zip (rename to pygmt-vX.Y.Z.zip) and baseline-images.zip from
-      the release page, and upload the two zip files to https://zenodo.org/deposit,
-      ensure that they are filed under the correct reserved DOI
+- [ ] Download pygmt-X.Y.Z.zip (rename to pygmt-vX.Y.Z.zip) and baseline-images.zip from the release page, and upload the two zip files to https://zenodo.org/deposit, ensure that they are filed under the correct reserved DOI
 
 **After release**:
 
-- [ ] Update conda-forge [pygmt-feedstock](https://github.com/conda-forge/pygmt-feedstock)
-      [Done automatically by conda-forge's bot. Remember to pin Python and SPEC0 versions]
+- [ ] Update conda-forge [pygmt-feedstock](https://github.com/conda-forge/pygmt-feedstock) [Done automatically by conda-forge's bot. Remember to pin GMT, Python and SPEC0 versions]
 - [ ] Bump PyGMT version on https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/try-gmt (after conda-forge update)
 - [ ] Announce the release on:
   - [ ] GMT [forum](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/c/news/) (do this announcement first! Requires moderator status)
-  - [ ] [ResearchGate](https://www.researchgate.net) (after forum announcement, add new version as research item via the **code** category, be sure to include the corresponding new Zenodo DOI)
+  - [ ] [ResearchGate](https://www.researchgate.net) (after forum announcement; download the ZIP file of the new release from the release page and add it as research item via the **code** category, be sure to include the corresponding new Zenodo DOI)
+- [ ] Update release checklist template with any additional bullet points that may have arisen during the release
 
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