Release protocol

Ensure that the help output in the README file is up-to-date with any changes.
Generate a summary of all the commits since the last release
```
git log $LAST_RELEASE_TAG..HEAD
```
Set the release version in setup.py (remove the .dev0 tag if applicable) and commit the version number change.
Tag version number and summarize changes in the tag message
```
git tag -a vX.Y.Z
```

Push the tag upstream

git push upstream vX.Y.Z

or

git push upstream --tags

Create the distributions
```
python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
```
Upload the distributions
```
twine upload dist/*
```
If working on master, bump up to the next anticipated version with a .dev0 tag and commit

Backporting

Checkout the tag for the version to backport onto and create a new branch
```
git checkout vX.Y.Z
git checkout -b backport
```
Cherry pick the relevant commits onto the backport branch
Goto #1 for main release flow
Remove the backport branch