Updating the CMake version

A developer should use the following steps to update the version X.Y.Z of CMake associated with the current CMake python distributions.

Available CMake archives can be found at https://cmake.org/files.

Nox procedure

If using nox, run:

nox -s bump -- <version>

And follow the instructions it gives you. Leave off the version to bump to the latest version. Add –commit to run the commit procedure.

Classic procedure:

1. Install requests:

   $ pip install requests
   

2. Execute scripts/update_cmake_version.py command line tool with the desired X.Y.Z CMake version available for download. For example:

   $ release=3.26.1
   $ ./scripts/update_cmake_version.py $release
   Collecting URLs and SHA256s from 'https://api.github.com/repos/Kitware/CMake/releases/tags/v3.26.1'
   [...]
   Collecting URLs and SHA256s from 'https://api.github.com/repos/Kitware/CMake/releases/tags/v3.26.1' - done
   Updating 'CMakeUrls.cmake' with CMake version 3.26.1
   Updating 'CMakeUrls.cmake' with CMake version 3.26.1 - done
   Updating docs/index.rst
   Updating docs/index.rst - done
   Updating README.rst
   Updating README.rst - done
   Updating tests/test_distribution.py
   Updating tests/test_distribution.py - done
   

3. Create a topic named update-to-cmake-X.Y.Z and commit the changes. For example:

   release=3.26.1
   git switch -c update-to-cmake-$release
   git add -u CMakeUrls.cmake docs/index.rst README.rst tests/test_distribution.py docs/update_cmake_version.rst
   git commit -m "Update to CMake $release"
   

4. Push the topic and create a Pull Request.

5. If all CI tests are passing, merge the topic and consider making a new release.