REL: initiate next release cycle

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,23 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [Unreleased]
+
+### Added ###
+
+### Changed ###
+
+### Deprecated ###
+
+### Removed ###
+
+### Fixed ###
+
+### Security ###
+
+### Documentation ###
+
+
 ## [0.7.2] - 2022-03-25 ##
 (Timm Fitschen)
 

RELEASE_GUIDELINES.md

@@ -36,8 +36,10 @@ guidelines of the CaosDB Project
 9. Publish the release by executing `./release.sh` with uploads the caosdb
    module to the Python Package Index [pypi.org](https://pypi.org).
 
-10. Merge the main branch back into the dev branch.
+10. Create a gitlab release on gitlab.indiscale.com and gitlab.com
 
-11. After the merge of main to dev, start a new development version by
+11. Merge the main branch back into the dev branch.
+
+12. After the merge of main to dev, start a new development version by
     setting `ISRELEASED` to `False` and by increasing at least the `MICRO`
     version in [setup.py](./setup.py) and preparing CHANGELOG.md.

setup.py

@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 # OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 ########################################################################
 
-ISRELEASED = True
+ISRELEASED = False
 MAJOR = 0
-MINOR = 7
-MICRO = 2
-PRE = None  # e.g. rc0, alpha.1, 0.beta-23
+MINOR = 8
+MICRO = 0
+PRE = "dev"  # e.g. rc0, alpha.1, 0.beta-23
 
 if PRE:
     VERSION = "{}.{}.{}-{}".format(MAJOR, MINOR, MICRO, PRE)

src/doc/conf.py

@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ copyright = '2022, IndiScale GmbH'
 author = 'Daniel Hornung'
 
 # The short X.Y version
-version = '0.7.2'
+version = '0.8.0'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
 # release = '0.5.2-rc2'
-release = '0.7.2'
+release = '0.8.0-dev'
 
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------