This is released from the master branch from 1.6.0 forward. Unless an older version needs patching, then it must be released from the maintenance branch, for instance 1.5.x branch. If there is no maintenance branch for the release that needs patching, create it from the tag.
- Check the draft release notes to see if everything is there
- Wait until master build finished after merging the last PR
- Update the draft release with the next tag version (eg.
1.6.0), title and release description - Check that Travis CI release build has executed successfully (Travis will start a CI build for the new tag and publish artifacts to Bintray)
- Go to Bintray and select the just released version
- Go to the Maven Central tab and sync with Sonatype (using your Sonatype TOKEN key and password) (you may watch progress in the Staging repository)
- The artifacts will become visible at https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/typesafe/play/