Add release documentation and update docs link in the readme

Author: leeturner

README.md

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 Python WireMock is a library that allows users to interact with a WireMock instance from within a Python project.
-Full documentation can be found at [wiremock.readthedocs.org](http://wiremock.readthedocs.org/).
+Full documentation can be found at [wiremock.readthedocs.org](https://wiremock.readthedocs.org/).
 
 [![a](https://img.shields.io/badge/slack-%23wiremock%2Fpython-brightgreen?style=flat&logo=slack)](https://slack.wiremock.org/)
 [![Docs](https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-latest-brightgreen.svg)](http://wiremock.readthedocs.org/)

RELEASING.md

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+# Checklist for releasing WireMock
+
+- [ ] Bump version number
+- [ ] Publish the release note
+- [ ] Announce on the WireMock Community Slack
+- [ ] Announce on social
+
+## Pre-release - bump version number
+Make sure the version number has been updated. Do this by updating the version in `./pyproject.toml`:
+
+```toml
+[tool.poetry]
+name = "wiremock"
+version = "2.7.0"
+```
+
+Commit and push the changes made.
+
+## Publish the release note
+Release drafter should have created a draft release note called "next". Check it for sanity and edit it to add any 
+additional information and then set the tag to the version you have just added above.  You can then publish the release.
+
+Publishing the release should trigger the release action to publish to PyPI
+
+## Post an announcement on the WireMock Community Slack
+Announce in the #announcments channel then link to the message from #general.
+
+## Shout about it on as many social media platforms as possible
+You know the drill.