Update contributing.md and docs links in readme (#384)

Author: smalyala

README.md

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 Official Python Pachyderm client.
 
 This library provides the autogenerated gRPC/protobuf code for Pachyderm, along with a higher-level and more pythonic `Client` class.
-See the [API docs](https://python-pachyderm.readthedocs.io/en/v7.x/).
+See the [API docs](https://python-pachyderm.readthedocs.io/en/v7.1.x/).
 
 ## Installation
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ f = client.get_file(("my_repo", "my_branch"), "/path_to/my_data.csv")
 df = pd.read_csv(f)
 ```
 
-For more sophisticated examples, [see the examples directory](https://github.com/pachyderm/python-pachyderm/tree/v7.x/examples).
+For more sophisticated examples, [see the examples directory](https://github.com/pachyderm/python-pachyderm/tree/v7.1.x/examples).
 
 ## Versioning
 

contributing.md

@@ -158,4 +158,8 @@ This is mostly necessary for major releases, but it always reduces risk.
     - This is the python-pachyderm version that is currently in development in that branch.
   - [ ] (Only when releasing from `master`) In `master`, create a PR to update the python-pachyderm version in `version.json` to contain the next _minor_ release (e.g. 1.1.0)
     - This is the python-pachyderm version that is currently in development in `master`.
-  - [ ] (Only when releasing from `master`) In the new patch release branch (e.g. `v1.0.x`), create a PR (or add to the above PR) to update `make release` so that it checks out `v1.0.x` instead of `master` when releasing from this branch.
+  - [ ] (Only when releasing from `master`) In the new patch release branch (e.g. `v1.0.x`):
+    - Create a PR (or add to the above PR) to update `make release` and `make-test-release` so that it checks out `v1.0.x` instead of `master` when releasing from this branch.
+    - Go to the python-pachyderm Read the Docs (RTD) page and activate the [newly created patch release branch](https://readthedocs.org/projects/python-pachyderm/versions/). This will serve up that branch's docs on RTD.
+    - Update the docs link in `README.md` to point to the branch's RTD page.
+    - Update the examples directory link to point to the `examples/` directory of that Github branch.