# MarkiTect v0.10.0 Release Summary

**Release Date**: 2026-01-06
**Tag**: v0.10.0
**Philosophy**: "The release that validates itself"

## Overview

Successfully completed v0.10.0 release featuring the Schema Evolution system with a practical showcase: a CHANGELOG schema that validates its own version history file using the schema system it just built.

## Release Stages Completed

### ✅ Stage 1: Critical Fixes (~45 minutes)

**Problem**: Version detection broken, missing git tags, release blocked

**Solutions**:
1. **Fixed setuptools-scm Configuration** (pyproject.toml)
   - Added: `git_describe_command = "git describe --tags --long --match 'v*'"`
   - Filters out non-version tags preventing setuptools-scm crashes
   - `markitect --version` now works: returns `0.10.0` (previously "unknown")

2. **Retroactive v0.9.0 Git Tag**
   - Created annotated tag on commit b9c1b90 (2025-11-14)
   - Restored version history integrity
   - CHANGELOG documented v0.9.0 but tag was missing

3. **CHANGELOG.md Updated**
   - Created [0.10.0] - 2026-01-06 section
   - Documented all fixes and features
   - Moved Unreleased content to v0.10.0

### ✅ Stage 2: CHANGELOG Schema (~90 minutes)

**Goal**: Create showcase for schema evolution system

**Deliverable**: `changelog-schema-v1.0.md` (360 lines)

**Features Implemented**:
1. **x-markitect-sections** (7 classifications)
   - [Unreleased]: required
   - Added/Changed/Deprecated/Removed/Fixed/Security: optional

2. **x-markitect-content-control** (6 patterns)
   - Title validation: Must be "Changelog"
   - Version format: [X.Y.Z] - YYYY-MM-DD
   - Date format: ISO 8601 (YYYY-MM-DD)
   - Change types: Standard Keep a Changelog categories
   - Reference links: Keep a Changelog and Semantic Versioning

3. **x-markitect-validation-rules** (4 custom rules)
   - Version format pattern
   - Date format pattern
   - Version ordering (descending)
   - Unreleased position (first section)

**Validation Results**:
```
✅ CHANGELOG.md validates successfully
✅ All section requirements met (7 checked, 11 found)
✅ All content requirements met
✅ All semantic checks passing
✅ Status: PASSED
```

## Major Features Released

### Schema Management System
- Naming convention: `{domain}-schema-v{major}.{minor}.md`
- Markdown-first format (documentation + JSON in one file)
- Schema catalog (YAML metadata registry)
- 6-phase Schema-of-Schemas implementation complete

### Enhanced Commands
- **schema-list**: Numbered references for easy selection
- **schema-validate**: Multi-schema validation (numbers, ranges, lists, --all)
- **validate**: Semantic validation with --semantic flag

### Semantic Document Validation
- Section classification enforcement (required/recommended/optional/discouraged/improper)
- Content pattern validation (required/forbidden/discouraged patterns)
- Quality metrics (word counts, sentence counts)
- Link validation (internal/external/email)
- Modular architecture: SectionValidator, ContentValidator, LinkValidator
- 25 tests, 100% passing

### Schemas Delivered
1. **schema-schema-v1.0.md** - Metaschema for validating schemas
2. **manpage-schema-v1.0.md** - Unix manual page format
3. **api-documentation-schema-v1.0.md** - API documentation
4. **terminology-schema-v1.0.md** - Terminology glossaries
5. **adr-schema-v1.0.md** - Architecture Decision Records
6. **changelog-schema-v1.0.md** - Keep a Changelog format (NEW)

## Build Artifacts

**Location**: `dist/`
**Created from**: Tag v0.10.0 (commit c4ee5cc)

```
markitect-0.10.0-py3-none-any.whl (629 KB)
markitect-0.10.0.tar.gz (8.2 MB)
```

## Git Status

**Branch**: main
**Commits ahead of origin**: 5

```
6852ad9 docs: document completion of release-management-optimization Stages 1-2
c4ee5cc feat: add changelog schema for Keep a Changelog validation
061ba88 fix: resolve version detection and prepare v0.10.0 release
4e9117d plan: create release-management-optimization roadmap topic
5e3646f feat: complete schema-evolution topic with ADR schema
```

**Tags Created**:
- v0.9.0 (retroactive, commit b9c1b90)
- v0.10.0 (release, commit c4ee5cc)

## Files Modified

**Created**:
- `markitect/schemas/changelog-schema-v1.0.md` (360 lines)
- `roadmap/260106-release-management-optimization/` (workplan, README)

**Modified**:
- `pyproject.toml` - setuptools-scm configuration
- `CHANGELOG.md` - v0.10.0 section with all features documented
- Workplan updated with completion summary

## Testing & Validation

### Version Detection
```bash
$ markitect --version
0.10.0
```

### CHANGELOG Validation
```bash
$ markitect validate CHANGELOG.md --schema changelog-schema-v1.0.md --semantic
✅ Document structure matches schema requirements
✅ All section requirements met
✅ All content requirements met
✅ All links valid
Status: PASSED ✅
```

### Package Build
```bash
$ release build
✅ Built: markitect-0.10.0-py3-none-any.whl
✅ Built: markitect-0.10.0.tar.gz
```

## Philosophy Achievement

> **"Use the tools we build to improve the tools we build."**

This release achieves the meta-level goal:
- ✅ v0.10.0 uses its own schema system to validate its CHANGELOG.md
- ✅ Perfect demonstration of dogfooding infrastructure
- ✅ Real-world showcase of x-markitect extensions
- ✅ Practical proof-of-concept for schema evolution

## Deferred Work

### Stage 3: Release Capability Enhancements
- CHANGELOG validation in ReleaseManager
- Version-tag consistency checking
- Explicit `markitect version` command
- **Status**: Deferred to future enhancement
- **Reason**: v0.10.0 release unblocked, showcase complete

### Stage 4: Schema System Extensions
- System call hooks (x-markitect-validation-hooks)
- Agent validation (x-markitect-validation-agents)
- **Status**: Not needed for current use case
- **Reason**: Pure schema validation sufficient

## Next Steps (Manual)

1. **Push to origin** (requires authentication):
   ```bash
   git push origin main
   git push origin v0.9.0 v0.10.0
   ```

2. **Publish packages** (if configured):
   ```bash
   release upload --registry pypi
   ```

3. **Create GitHub/Gitea release** (if applicable):
   - Use v0.10.0 tag
   - Attach wheel and tarball
   - Copy CHANGELOG v0.10.0 section as release notes

## Statistics

- **Development Time**: ~2.5 hours (Stage 1: 45 min, Stage 2: 90 min)
- **Commits**: 5 commits
- **Tags**: 2 tags created (v0.9.0 retroactive, v0.10.0 release)
- **Schemas**: 6 total schemas (1 new: changelog-schema-v1.0.md)
- **Test Coverage**: 97 tests (Schema-of-Schemas), 25 tests (Semantic Validation)
- **Code Added**: 360 lines (changelog schema), ~600 lines (workplan documentation)

## Success Metrics

### Stage 1 Criteria (Required for Release) ✅
- ✅ `markitect --version` returns 0.10.0 (not "unknown")
- ✅ v0.9.0 git tag exists
- ✅ CHANGELOG.md has v0.10.0 section
- ✅ v0.10.0 tagged and ready

### Stage 2 Criteria (Showcase Feature) ✅
- ✅ changelog-schema-v1.0.md created and ingested
- ✅ CHANGELOG.md validates against schema
- ✅ Schema demonstrates Keep a Changelog format
- ✅ All semantic validation checks passing

## Documentation

- **Workplan**: `roadmap/260106-release-management-optimization/WORKPLAN.md`
- **README**: `roadmap/260106-release-management-optimization/README.md`
- **CHANGELOG**: `CHANGELOG.md` (v0.10.0 section)
- **Schema**: `markitect/schemas/changelog-schema-v1.0.md`
- **Guide**: `docs/SCHEMA_MANAGEMENT_GUIDE.md`

## Conclusion

v0.10.0 successfully demonstrates the schema evolution system in practical use. The release validates its own CHANGELOG using the schema system it delivers, providing a concrete example of the infrastructure's value.

All critical bugs fixed, showcase feature complete, packages built. Ready for distribution.

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**Generated**: 2026-01-06
**Release Manager**: Claude Sonnet 4.5
**Methodology**: Staged workplan (Standard Track: Stages 1-2)
