Release PyGMT v0.15.0

[seisman]

Release: v0.15.0
Scheduled Date: 2025/03/31
Pull request due date: 2025/03/29
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15071586
Announcement draft: https://hackmd.io/@pygmt/rJhbqbx6yg

Priority PRs/issues to complete prior to release

• Add an advanced tutorial for plotting focal mechanisms (beachballs) #2550
• pygmt.grdfill: Deprecate parameter 'mode' and add parameters 'constantfill/gridfill/neighborfill/splinefill' (deprecated since v0.15.0 and will be removed in v0.19.0) #3855
• Release drafter only adds PRs merged since the latest release #3793
• DOC: Add a page for common parameters in the Technical Reference section #3844

Before release:

• Check SPEC 0 to see if we need to bump the minimum supported versions of GMT, Python and core package dependencies (NumPy, pandas, Xarray) [@seisman]
• Review the "PyGMT Team" page [@seisman]
• README looks good on TestPyPI. Visit TestPyPI, click the latest pre-release, and check the homepage. [@seisman]
• Check to ensure that:
  • Deprecated workarounds/codes/tests are removed. Run grep "# TODO" **/*.py to find all potential TODOs. [@seisman]
  • All tests pass in the "GMT Legacy Tests" workflow
  • All tests pass in the "GMT Dev Tests" workflow [One failure]
  • All tests pass in the "Doctests" workflow
• Update warnings in pygmt/_show_versions.py as well as notes in Not working transparency regarding GMT-Ghostscript incompatibility [@seisman]
• Reserve a DOI on Zenodo by clicking on "New Version" 10.5281/zenodo.15071586 [@seisman]
• Finish up the "Changelog entry for v0.x.x" Pull Request (Use the previous changelog PR as a reference) Changelog entry for v0.15.0 #3866
• Run make codespell to check common misspellings. If there are any, either fix them or add them to ignore-words-list in pyproject.toml
• Draft the announcement on https://hackmd.io/@pygmt | https://hackmd.io/@pygmt/rJhbqbx6yg

Release:

• At the PyGMT release page on GitHub:
  • Edit the draft release notes with the finalized changelog
  • Set the tag version and release title to vX.Y.Z
  • Make a release by clicking the 'Publish Release' button, this will automatically create a tag too
• Download pygmt-X.Y.Z.zip (rename to pygmt-vX.Y.Z.zip) and baseline-images.zip from the release page, and upload the two zip files to https://zenodo.org/deposit, ensure that they are filed under the correct reserved DOI

After release:

• Update conda-forge pygmt-feedstock [Done automatically by conda-forge's bot. Remember to pin GMT, Python and SPEC0 versions] ENH: update package version to 0.15.0 conda-forge/pygmt-feedstock#43
• Bump PyGMT version on https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/try-gmt (after conda-forge update)
• Announce the release on:
  • GMT forum (do this announcement first! Requires moderator status)
  • ResearchGate (after forum announcement; download the ZIP file of the new release from the release page and add it as research item via the code category, be sure to include the corresponding new Zenodo DOI)
• Update release checklist template with any additional bullet points that may have arisen during the release

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• Party 🎉 (don't tick before all other checkboxes are ticked!)

[seisman]

@GenericMappingTools/pygmt-maintainers Time for the v0.15.0 release. Please add PRs that you want to finish in this release.

[seisman]

I've drafted an announcement at https://hackmd.io/@pygmt/rJhbqbx6yg. Feel free to comment and make edits.

[yvonnefroehlich]

I've drafted an announcement at https://hackmd.io/@pygmt/rJhbqbx6yg. Feel free to comment and make edits.

Thanks! Sofar I only made some minor highlighting and formulations changes.
Edit: It think the draft looks already quite look. Just wondering, if we should add an image for the current version of the PyGMT logo or just link to the PRs and wait until we have the finale version?

[seisman]

I've made the v0.15.0 release and now it's available on PyPI and conda-forge.

@yvonnefroehlich Would you like to do the release announcement?

Just wondering, if we should add an image for the current version of the PyGMT logo or just link to the PRs and wait until we have the finale version?

I prefer to keep the logo less publicly visible until the core developers agree on the design.

[yvonnefroehlich]

I've made the v0.15.0 release and now it's available on PyPI and conda-forge.

Thanks for handling and making the realease @seisman 🙂.

I've made the v0.15.0 release and now it's available on PyPI and conda-forge.

@yvonnefroehlich Would you like to do the release announcement?

I have posted the announcement on the forum at https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/t/pygmt-v0-15-0-released/5812.