Release checklist#

The repository remains private; the published model head is separate. Keep deployment and package publishing disabled until launch.

Prepared#

[x] Owner confirmed the published venn-1 head can be redistributed; the model card and license page record that permission.
[x] Refresh the published Hugging Face bundle and pin its immutable revision in the runtime, model card and reproduction guide.
[x] Attach the latest landscape and vertical comparison videos to the private media-v1 release. Posters, captions and manifests accompany the source.
[x] Embed the comparison video on the project page and comparison guide.
[x] Set the planned repository homepage to https://markrussinovich.github.io/venn-vdm/.
[x] Keep DEPLOY_PAGES=false and PUBLISH_PYPI=false; workflows also check repository visibility before publishing.
[x] Prepare publish.yml for PyPI Trusted Publishing and document its account setup in the PyPI guide.
[x] Exclude local MP4s, model files, caches and downloaded ticket data from the source distribution.

[ ] Finish the reviewed source snapshot and pass CI on that exact revision.
[ ] Build fresh distributions and pass the base-dependency wheel smoke test outside the source checkout. Do not reuse older files from dist/.
[ ] Squash/reset to the intended clean public history, as planned by the owner. Inspect branches, tags and retained PR refs after that operation. A force push alone does not purge objects retained by GitHub; resolve any remaining private history before making the repository public.
[ ] Review which maintainer notes, artifacts and release assets should ship. Keep private launch planning in the separate research workspace.
[ ] Confirm the distribution/import naming decision: venn-vdm / venn.
[ ] Complete the remaining checks in the private publish-todo.md.

[ ] Make the prepared head public and verify anonymous access to its pinned revision if not already public.
[ ] Make the cleared GitHub repository public.
[ ] Enable Pages using GitHub Actions, set DEPLOY_PAGES=true and dispatch the documentation workflow. The current account plan rejects Pages for this repository while it is private; has_pages reflects actual configuration.
[ ] Verify the live homepage, guide, videos, captions, downloads and first decision without owner credentials. See website setup.
[ ] Tag the verified version and optionally enable PyPI publishing after configuring its Trusted Publisher. See PyPI setup.
[ ] Configure branch protections, private vulnerability reporting and protected PyPI environment deployments before enabling publication.