docs: Improved RELEASE documentation

Author: peterfarrell

CHANGELOG.md

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 ## 0.4.0 (06-10-2025)
 - #19 - Removed Python 2 support and Six
 - #28 - Set default_auto_field to django.db.models.AutoField in HeraldConfig
+- Added support for Django 5.2
 - Updated GitHub Actions to fix Node12 depreciation warnings
 - Update CI text matrix for supported Django / Python version
 - docs: Update README
-- Added support for Django 5.2
+- docs: Improved RELEASE documentation
 
 
 ## 0.3.0 (10-18-2022)

RELEASE.md

@@ -1,5 +1,34 @@
-1. Bump version number in `herald/__init__.py`
-2. Verify entry in `CHANGELOG.txt`
-3. Run `python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel`
-4. Run `twine upload dist/*`
-5. Add release on GitHub
+# How to Release
+
+## Prerequistics
+
+1. Install `setuptools` and `twine`:
+
+    ```bash
+    pip install setuptools twine
+    ```
+
+## Procedure
+
+1. Bump version number in `herald/__init__.py` and commit to source control.
+
+2. Verify entry in `CHANGELOG.md`.
+
+3. Build distribution:
+     
+     ```bash
+     python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+     ```
+
+4. Upload the distribution to PyPI and follow the prompts to provide the API token:
+
+    ```bash
+    twine upload dist/*
+    ```
+
+5. Create a new release and tag on GitHub:
+    
+    1. Go to [Draft a new release](https://github.com/peterfarrell/django-heralder/releases/new)
+    2. Choose tag. If you have not created a tag yet, you can create one "on publish". Use the format of `vX.X.X`.
+    3. Set the release title to the version. Ex: `vX.X.X`
+    5. In the body for the release, copy the bullets of items from the `CHANGELOG.md`.