# 📦 PyPI Publishing Checklist - edaflow v0.15.0

## ✅ Pre-Publish Verification

### 🔍 **Version Updates Complete**
- ✅ `pyproject.toml` → v0.15.0
- ✅ `edaflow/__init__.py` → v0.15.0  
- ✅ `CHANGELOG.md` → Added v0.15.0 release notes
- ✅ `README.md` → Updated with v0.15.0 highlights

### 📋 **Critical Fixes Documented**
- ✅ ML workflow documentation fixes highlighted
- ✅ Model fitting requirements resolved
- ✅ Function parameter corrections documented
- ✅ User impact clearly explained

### 🏗️ **Build Process**
- ✅ Build tools installed (`pip install build twine`)
- 🔄 Building package (`python -m build`) - IN PROGRESS
- ⏳ Distribution files will be in `dist/` folder

## 📦 **Publishing Commands**

### **Test Upload (Recommended First)**
```bash
# Upload to TestPyPI first
python -m twine upload --repository testpypi dist/*

# Test installation from TestPyPI
pip install --index-url https://test.pypi.org/simple/ edaflow==0.15.0
```

### **Production Upload**
```bash
# Upload to PyPI (after testing)
python -m twine upload dist/*
```

## 🎯 **Release Summary**

**Version**: 0.15.0  
**Release Date**: August 13, 2025  
**Type**: Critical Bug Fix Release

### **Key Changes**:
1. 🚨 **CRITICAL**: Fixed ML workflow documentation that was causing user errors
2. 🎯 **Model Fitting**: Added missing training steps to all examples  
3. 📋 **Function Parameters**: Corrected all function signatures in documentation
4. 📚 **User Experience**: Enhanced warnings and beginner-friendly guidance

### **User Impact**:
- ❌ **Before**: Users got "RandomForestClassifier instance is not fitted yet" errors
- ✅ **After**: All ML workflow examples work perfectly out-of-the-box

### **Migration Notes**:
- No breaking API changes
- Only documentation improvements
- Recommended upgrade for all users

## 🚀 **Post-Publish Tasks**

### **Verification Steps**:
1. ⏳ Verify package appears on PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/edaflow/
2. ⏳ Test installation: `pip install edaflow==0.15.0`
3. ⏳ Check documentation links work
4. ⏳ Verify README displays correctly on PyPI

### **Communication**:
- ⏳ Update GitHub release notes
- ⏳ Consider announcement about critical fixes
- ⏳ Update documentation deployment

## 🔐 **Authentication Notes**

Make sure you have PyPI credentials configured:
- PyPI API token in `~/.pypirc` or
- Use `twine upload` with `--username __token__` and your API token

## 📊 **Package Statistics**

**Previous Version**: v0.14.2  
**New Version**: v0.15.0  
**Release Type**: Major documentation fix (critical for user experience)
**Breaking Changes**: None
**New Features**: None (documentation fixes only)

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**✨ Ready for publishing once build completes! ✨**
