Release Procedure

1. If you are not a maintainer on PyPI, register an account and ask for appropriate permissions from a developer who is.
2. Merge releases changes into the stable branch
   1. Update the version in nepho/__init__.py
   2. Add change information to CHANGES.txt
   3. If necessary updates the README.rst
3. If you have not done a release before, push at least one RC (release candidate) to test the procedure
   1. Edit the version in nepho/__init__.py, e.g. 1.0.0rc1.
   2. Run the command to create and upload a package: python setup.py register sdist upload
   3. Browse to the PyPI nepho page to view your release, making sure it contains some files
   4. Delete your RC from PyPI
4. Create a release tag, e.g. git tag 1.0.0
5. Push the release tag to GitHub: git push --tags
6. Create and upload the release:
   1. python setup.py register sdist upload
   2. Browse to the PyPI nepho page to view your release, making sure it contains some files