aman/docs/release-checklist.md

Release Checklist

1. Update CHANGELOG.md with final release notes.
2. Bump project.version in pyproject.toml.
3. Run quality and build gates:
   • make release-check
4. Build packaging artifacts:
   • make package
5. Verify artifacts:
   • dist/*.whl
   • dist/*.tar.gz
   • dist/*.deb
   • dist/arch/PKGBUILD
6. Tag release:
   • git tag vX.Y.Z
   • git push origin vX.Y.Z
7. Publish release and upload package artifacts from dist/.