Bump version

Author: jarrodmillman

RELEASE.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+Release process for ``numpydoc``
+================================
+
+- Review and update ``doc/release_notes.rst``.
+
+- Update ``__version__`` in ``numpydoc/__init__.py``.
+
+- Commit changes::
+
+    git add numpydoc/__init__.py doc/release_notes.rst
+    git commit -m 'Designate <version> release'
+
+- Add the version number as a tag in git::
+
+    git tag -s [-u <key-id>] numpydoc-<version> -m 'signed <version> tag'
+
+  If you do not have a gpg key, use -u instead; it is important for
+  Debian packaging that the tags are annotated
+
+- Push the new meta-data to github::
+
+    git push --tags origin main
+
+  where ``origin`` is the name of the ``github.com:numpy/numpydoc`` repository
+
+- Review the github release page::
+
+    https://github.com/numpy/numpydoc/releases
+
+- Publish on PyPi::
+
+    git clean -fxd
+    python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+    twine upload -s dist/*
+
+- Update ``__version__`` in ``numpydoc/__init__.py``.
+
+- Commit changes::
+
+    git add numpydoc/__init__.py
+    git commit -m 'Bump version'

numpydoc/__init__.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 This package provides the numpydoc Sphinx extension for handling docstrings
 formatted according to the NumPy documentation format.
 """
-__version__ = '1.2rc1'
+__version__ = '1.2rc2.dev0'
 
 
 def setup(app, *args, **kwargs):