Main thing before release is to test it well. There was cases when after upgrade of library Android Instrumented was not tested and half a year was not usable.
So checklist:
- make sure all required PRs are merged
- run test-suite in Gradle
- run test-suite from Android Studio or IntelliJ from emulator (Android Instrumented tests)
- release to local maven repo by running
gradle publishwith thelocalrepogradle property set - do quick testing with this local maven repo: basics, if documentation is loading, if all dependencies are fine
- change version to RELEASE version (i.e. remove -SNAPSHOT from version)
- bump if needed major or minor (resetting everything afterwards)
- commit it
- tag it
- redirect release process to oss.sonatype by removing the
localrepoproperty in gradle.properties - release from Gradle
- goto oss.sonatype
- find io.mockk repo
- check state of dependencies (are sizes okay), maybe download one
- close repo
- release repo
- wait till it appears on Maven central
- bump version and append -SNAPSHOT
- commit
- push to github
- create github release based on tag and describe changes there
- announce on reddit/kotlinlang/potentially at "announcement place" on mockk.io