Packaging

Currently packaging is managed by @annawoodard and @yadudoc.

Steps to release

Update the version number in parsl/parsl/version.py
Check the following files to confirm new release information * parsl/setup.py * requirements.txt * parsl/docs/devguide/changelog.rst * parsl/README.rst
Commit and push the changes to github
Run the tag_and_release.sh script. This script will verify that version number matches the version specified.
```
./tag_and_release.sh <VERSION_FOR_TAG>
```

Here are the steps that is taken by the tag_and_release.sh script:

# Create a new git tag :
git tag <MAJOR>.<MINOR>.<BUG_REV>
# Push tag to github :
git push origin <TAG_NAME>

# Depending on permission all of the following might have to be run as root.
sudo su

# Make sure to have twine installed
pip3 install twine

# Create a source distribution
python3 setup.py sdist

# Create a wheel package, which is a prebuilt package
python3 setup.py bdist_wheel

# Upload the package with twine
twine upload dist/*