WIP: [docs] Expand releasing section

docs/docs/reference/releasing.rst

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+Releasing a new version
+=======================
 
-Releasing steps
-===============
+These instructions should mainly be useful to the maintainers, but you might
+also be interested in case you'd like to create a fork or test out a new
+pre-release.
+
+Relevant files:
+
+- ``MANIFEST.in``
+- ``LICENSE``
+- ``setup.py``
+- ``setup.cfg``
+- ``releaser.conf`` (for jelmer's ``releaser`` tool)
+
+.. code-block:: dosini
+   :caption: ``~/.pypirc``
+
+   [pypi]
+     username = __token__
+     password = pypi-XXXXX
+
+Creating wheels: `Wheels User Guide`_
+
+Packaging: `packaging.python.org`_
+
+.. _Wheels User Guide: https://wheel.readthedocs.io/en/stable/user_guide.html
+.. _packaging.python.org: https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/guides/distributing-packages-using-setuptools/
+
+https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/tutorials/packaging-projects/
+
+https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43377675/build-a-universal-wheel-from-setup-py
+https://pythonwheels.com/
+
+For wheels: ``pip install wheel`` or ``apt install python3-wheel``
 
 * Run ``make test``
-* Update version number in ``setup.py`` and ``CHANGES.rst``
+* Update version number in ``setup.py``, ``apidoc.json`` and ``CHANGES.rst``
 * ``git commit -m "Preparing ${VERSION}" setup.py CHANGES.rst``
 * ``git tag -as ${VERSION}``
 * ``make init all``
-* ``python3 setup.py sdist``
+* ``python3 setup.py sdist`` (Source distribution)
 * ``twine upload --sign dist/isso-${VERSION}.tar.gz``
+* ``python3 setup.py bdist_wheel`` (Wheel)
+* ``twine upload --sign dist/isso-${VERSION}-py3-none-any.whl``