(From Leplatrem): option upload pypi

CHANGES.rst

@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ Changelog for zest.releaser
 9.1.2 (unreleased)
 ------------------
 
-- Nothing changed yet.
+- If you want build a release package (release=true, the default), but don't want to
+  actually upload it, you can now set the ``upload-pypi`` option to false (default is
+  true).
+  [leplatrem]
 
 
 9.1.1 (2023-10-11)

doc/source/developing.rst

@@ -23,12 +23,6 @@ If you have docker installed, all you need to do to run the tests is::
   $ docker build . -t zest:dev
   $ docker run --rm zest:dev
 
-The "build" step runs bootstrap and buildout. Re-run it periodically to get
-the latest versions of if you've changed the buildout config.
-
-Note: buildout should not be needed anymore, because we use ``tox``.
-So the Dockerfile was updated, but not tested.
-
 The "run" command runs the tests. It uses the code copied into the dockerfile
 in the build step, but you probably want to test your current version. For
 that, mount the code directory into the docker::

doc/source/options.rst

@@ -83,6 +83,11 @@ release = true / false
     default answer for the question if you want to create a checkout
     of the tag.
 
+upload-pypi = true / false
+    Default: true. Normally you won't use this setting. Only if you want to make a
+    release without actually uploading it, set it to false. (Note that you still need
+    release=true).
+
 create-wheel = true / false
     Default: true, if the recommended ``wheel`` package is installed.
     Set to false if you do not want zest.releaser to create Python wheels.

zest/releaser/pypi.py

@@ -467,6 +467,19 @@ def create_wheel(self):
             return False
         return self.config.get("create-wheel", True)
 
+    def upload_pypi(self):
+        """Should we upload the package to Pypi?
+
+        [Configure this mode by adding a ``upload-pypi`` option::
+
+            [zest.releaser]
+            upload-pypi = no
+
+        The default when this option has not been set is True.
+
+        """
+        return self.config.get("upload-pypi", True)
+
     def register_package(self):
         """Should we try to register this package with a package server?
 

zest/releaser/release.py

@@ -155,6 +155,9 @@ def _upload_distributions(self, package):
                 self.data["tagworkingdir"],
             )
             builder.build("wheel", "./dist/")
+        if not self.zest_releaser_config.upload_pypi():
+            logger.info("Upload to PyPI was disabled in the configuration.")
+            return
         if not self.pypiconfig.is_pypi_configured():
             logger.error(
                 "You must have a properly configured %s file in "