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+# Cutting a release of crux
+
+## Dependencies between crates
+
+The Crux crate depend on one another, and need to be released in the right order
+
+1. `crux_macros`
+2. `crux_core`
+2. Capability crates (`crux_http crux_kv crux_platform crux_time`)
+
+There are scripts to help with this.
+
+## Steps
+
+The easiest way of releasing is using `release-plz`
+
+1. `release-plz update` - this should move the versions of all the crates according to the changes
+   to their APIs. Note that this isn't bulletproof, because it doesn't consider all the changes
+   which are in fact breaking as breaking.
+
+   Things it misses: (may not be the complete list):
+   * changes to crux_macros that generate incompatible code
+   * changes to capability operation types
+2. Optionally - open a PR with the changes to the versions for review
+3. use `scripts/cargo_publish.fish` to publish the crates in the right order OR
+   - publish `crux_macros` if it changed
+   - publish `crux_core` if it changed
+   - publish any capability crates that changed
+4. tag the commit used for the release with [crate_name]-vX.Y.Z
+5. for `crux_core` create a GitHub release with release notes, especially breaking changes