Merge pull request #1028 from legumeinfo/release-checklist

Added release checklist issue template

Author: alancleary

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release-checklist.md

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+---
+name: Release Checklist
+about: A checklist of tasks required to make a release
+title: Release MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH
+labels: release
+assignees: ''
+
+---
+
+- [ ] Create a branch for the release.
+- [ ] Update the dependencies. The dependabot PR backlog is not comprehensive and doesn't include transitive dependencies, and merging them one at a time tends to break things, so the best way to do this is manually with `npm`.
+- [ ] Do a test build of the NPM package on your **local machine** so you know if something is going off the rails before the automated build action on GitHub.
+- [ ] Bump the `"version"` number in `package.json` and reinstall the dependencies so the correct version number is in `package-lock.json`.
+- [ ] Update the base image version in the `Dockerfile` if necessary and do a test build and run of the **Docker** image on you local machine so you know if something is going to go off the rails before the automated build action on GitHub.
+- [ ] Open a PR that merges the release branch into main.
+- [ ] Merge the release PR after it passes testing and review.
+- [ ] Tag a corresponding release on GitHub. This will trigger an automated NPM package build on GitHub. If the package build succeeds it will be automatically published to NPM.
+- [ ] Update the GHCR image tag in any `compose.prod.yml` files.