Release PyGMT v0.6.1

[seisman]

Release: v0.6.1
Scheduled Date: YYYY/MM/DD
Pull request due date: YYYY/MM/DD

Priority PRs/issues to complete prior to release

• Fix pathlib support for plot and plot3d #1831
• Add a tutorial for grdhisteq #1821
• None shall not pass args_in_kwargs #1815
• Allow passing None explicitly to pygmt functions Part 1 #1857
• Allow passing None explicitly to pygmt functions Part 2 #1862
• Allow passing None explicitly to pygmt functions Part 3 #1872

Before release:

• Run grep --include="*.py" -r 'remove_version="vX.Y.Z"' pygmt from the base of the repository to check if any deprecations and related tests should be removed in this version
• Reserve a DOI on Zenodo by clicking on "New Version" (10.5281/zenodo.6426493)
• Finish up 'Changelog entry for v0.x.x' Pull Request:
  • Add a new entry in doc/_static/version_switch.js for documentation switcher
  • Update CITATION.cff and BibTeX at https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt#citing-pygmt
    • Update authorship list
    • Update DOI (and url for BibTeX)
    • Update version
    • Update date released
  • Add the documentation link https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt#compatibility-with-gmtpythonnumpy-versions
  • Add compatibility information https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt#compatibility-with-gmtpythonnumpy-versions
  • Copy draft changelog from Release Drafter and edit it to look nice (see maintainers guide for details)

Release:

• At the PyGMT release page on GitHub:
  • 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
• Manually upload the pygmt-vX.Y.Z.zip and baseline-images.zip files to https://zenodo.org/deposit, ensure that it is filed under the correct reserved DOI

After release:

• Update conda-forge pygmt-feedstock [Done automatically by conda-forge's bot, but remember to pin NEP29 versions] pygmt v0.6.1 conda-forge/pygmt-feedstock#22
• Bump PyGMT version on https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/try-gmt (after conda-forge update) (Bump to PyGMT v0.6.1 try-gmt#35)
• Announce the release on:
  • GMT forum (do this announcement first! draft on https://hackmd.io/@pygmt. requires moderator status)
  • ResearchGate (after forum announcement)
  • Twitter (after forum announcement)

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[seisman]

@weiji14 Can you please reserve a DOI for v0.6.1?

[weiji14]

Ok, Zenodo deposit done at . I can handle the conda-forge PR as it comes along.

Also started a draft announcement at https://hackmd.io/@pygmt/v0-6-1_announcement (just copied from v0.6.0 for now), Don't need to write too much this time since it's a patch release, but feel free anyone to edit it.

[seisman]

[ ] Announce the release on:

• GMT forum (do this announcement first! draft on hackmd.io/@pygmt. requires moderator status)
• ResearchGate (after forum announcement)
• Twitter (after forum announcement)

Do you think we can skip the announcement because this is just a patch release?

[weiji14]

Yes, let's just close this issue since it's been 2 weeks already, and haven't got too much bandwidth right now 😅