RELEASE.md

Release Checklist

• Confirm the knolo distribution name is still available on PyPI, or choose a fallback package name before release if it is not.
• cd packages/core-python && python -m pip install -e ".[dev]"
• cd packages/core-python && python -m pytest
• cd packages/core-python && python -m build
• cd packages/core-python && python -m twine check dist/*
• Verify the wheel contents with python -m zipfile -l dist/knolo-*.whl.
• Verify the sdist contents with tar -tzf dist/knolo-*.tar.gz.
• Confirm the Python CI workflow passes on Python 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, and 3.13.
• Confirm the publish workflow only runs on GitHub release publication and uses Trusted Publishing with no hardcoded secrets.
• Smoke install the built wheel in a clean environment and run a basic mount_pack / query check.
• Yank a bad PyPI release instead of republishing the same tag if a release needs to be rolled back.