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+# Release Checklist
+
+- Verify that all CI tests pass for current master
+- Tag the release, and push to Github
+- Wait for tag CI to complete
+- Download assets from snapshots.mitmproxy.org
+- Create release notice on Github
+- Upload wheel to pypi
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-
-# Release policies
-
-  - By default, every release is a new minor (`0.x`) release and it will be
-    pushed for all three projects.
-
-  - Only if an emergency bugfix is needed, we push a new `0.x.y` bugfix release
-    for a single project. This matches with what we do in `setup.py`:
-
-        "mitmproxy>=%s, <%s" % (version.MINORVERSION, version.NEXT_MINORVERSION)
-
-
-# Release Checklist
-
-- Verify that all CI tests pass for current master
-- Tag the release, and push to Github
-- Wait for tag CI to complete
-- Download assets from snapshots.mitmproxy.org
-- Create release notice on Github
-- Upload wheel to pypi