5.6 check list

[lrineau]

Previous release: https://github.com/CGAL/cgal/issues/6242

Next release: #7367

Before the beta release

• [x] Update of the Supported platforms.
• [x] Update the Installation/lib/cmake/CGAL/CGALConfigVersion.cmake
• [x] Update the file Installation/include/CGAL/version.h (for header-only)
• [x] change the crontab to add --beta 1 --public to the command line
• [x] Diff of the change log of 5.6 with 5.5 to check only 5.6 was modified.
• [x] Add links to the file CHANGES.md https://github.com/CGAL/cgal/pull/7393
• [x] Rewrap the file CHANGES.md https://github.com/CGAL/cgal/pull/7393
• [x] Reorder the file CHANGES.md https://github.com/CGAL/cgal/pull/7393
• [x] Update Documentation/doc/resources/1.8.13/menu_version.js and the other three copies
• [x] Prepare the announcement mail of the beta release
• [x] Prepare the modification of the web site, in upcoming (announcement plus release graph)
• [x] open the milestone for the release
• [x] Create new tables for features/small features with closed review for the next release

After the beta release

• [x] change the crontab to add --beta 2 to the command line
• [x] Update the file Installation/include/CGAL/version.h (for header-only)
• [x] Update the file Installation/lib/cmake/CGAL/CGALConfigVersion.cmake
• [x] clone the milestone
• [ ] PR for brew package:
• [ ] PR for vcpkg:
• [x] RPM for Fedora: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-dbbff26537
• [x] Update https://cgal.geometryfactory.com/CGAL/Members/wiki/Releases
• [x] Update https://www.cgal.org/releases.html and change the post flags (active-beta-release)
• [x] Email announcement
• [x] Upload the pre-compiled demos
• [ ] Check the pre-compiled demos run correctly

Before the official release

• [x] Update the file Installation/include/CGAL/version.h (for header-only)
• [x] Update the file Installation/lib/cmake/CGAL/CGALConfigVersion.cmake
• [x] change the crontab to remove --beta 1 from the command line
• [x] Update menu_version.js in the documentation.
• [ ] prepare the announcement email

After the official release

• [x] Tag PRs with bash tag_pr_per_release.sh (see https://github.com/CGAL/cgal/pull/4000)
• [x] Update /home/lrineau/CGAL/create_internal_release on cgal.gf.com
• [x] Update the bug-fix number in the branch
• [x] Update https://cgal.geometryfactory.com/CGAL/Members/wiki/Releases
• [x] Update https://github.com/CGAL/cgal/wiki/Internal-Releases
• [x] Create a new issue for the check list of the next release
• [x] Update https://www.cgal.org/releases.html and change the post flags (latest-release) + remove the beta flag (active-beta-release)
• [x] Update Github Action workflow files of cgal-swig-bindings: https://github.com/CGAL/cgal-swig-bindings/pull/243
• [ ] Re-upload the pre-compiled demos
• [x] update PR for brew package: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/pull/137964
• [x] update PR for vcpkg: https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/pull/32896
• [x] add PR for Conan: https://github.com/conan-io/conan-center-index/pull/19124
• [x] check PR for Conda at https://github.com/conda-forge/cgal-cpp-feedstock (a bot usual adds a PR): https://github.com/conda-forge/cgal-cpp-feedstock/pull/34
• [x] update RPM for Fedora: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-a2f9277dff
• [x] Add news entry for cgal-web
• [x] Email announcement
• [x] Update https://geometryfactory.com/ with news from GF.

After bug-fix release 5.6.1

• [x] Tag PRs with bash tag_pr_per_release.sh (see https://github.com/CGAL/cgal/pull/4000)
• [x] Update the bug-fix number in the branch
• [x] Update https://cgal.geometryfactory.com/CGAL/Members/wiki/Releases
• [x] Update the Github milestone
• [x] Update https://www.cgal.org/releases.html and change the post flags (latest-release) + remove the beta flag (latest-beta-release)
• [ ] Re-upload the pre-compiled demos
• [x] update PR for brew package: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/pull/164539
• [x] update PR for vcpkg: https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/pull/37422
• [x] add PR for Conan: https://github.com/conan-io/conan-center-index/pull/23092
• [x] check PR for Conda: https://github.com/conda-forge/cgal-cpp-feedstock/pull/37 and https://github.com/conda-forge/cgal-feedstock/pull/90
• [x] update RPM for Fedora: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-4e5716bfaa
• [ ] Add news entry for cgal-web
• [x] Email announcement

After a bug-fix release 5.6.x

• [ ] Tag PRs with bash tag_pr_per_release.sh (see https://github.com/CGAL/cgal/pull/4000)
• [ ] Update the bug-fix number in the branch
• [ ] Update https://cgal.geometryfactory.com/CGAL/Members/wiki/Releases
• [ ] Update the Github milestone
• [ ] Update https://www.cgal.org/releases.html and change the post flags (latest-release) + remove the beta flag (latest-beta-release)
• [ ] Re-upload the pre-compiled demos
• [ ] update PR for brew package:
• [ ] update PR for vcpkg:
• [ ] add PR for Conan:
• [ ] check PR for Conda at https://github.com/conda-forge/cgal-cpp-feedstock (a bot usual adds a PR):
• [ ] update RPM for Fedora:
• [ ] Add news entry for cgal-web
• [ ] Email announcement