RELEASING.md

Releasing NRCLex

1) Choose version bump

• Patch: bug fixes only, no compatibility changes.
• Minor: backward-compatible features/packaging improvements.
• Major: intentional breaking changes.

For this modernization, use at least a minor bump if you changed supported Python versions.

2) Update version

Update these files together:

1. pyproject.toml → [project].version
2. nrclex/__init__.py → __version__

3) Validate locally

python -m pip install --upgrade pip
pip install -e . pytest build twine
pytest -q -m "not integration"
python -m build
twine check dist/*

Optional integration tests (requires corpora):

python -m textblob.download_corpora
pytest -q

4) Verify artifacts

Ensure both files exist:

• dist/NRCLex-<version>.tar.gz
• dist/NRCLex-<version>-py3-none-any.whl

5) Publish

twine upload dist/*

6) Don't forget

• Confirm from nrclex import NRCLex works from a clean environment.
• Confirm NRCLex() loads bundled lexicon without manual file path.
• Confirm dependency metadata does not list stdlib modules.
• Confirm Requires-Python matches supported versions (>=3.9).
• Tag release in git and add release notes.