From 4e33a659be3f36250a96b3b81b22f971d9a21761 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ryanbooth <ryan@apstra.com>
Date: Fri, 20 May 2022 11:38:16 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] update CONTRIBUTING.md with build instructions

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 CONTRIBUTING.md | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index e0da105..7ecf247 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -39,4 +39,17 @@ Black is used to format code pre-commit
 ```
 black aos/
 black tests/
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```
+
+## Building Releases
+This function is currently handled by the project admin team. GitHub 
+releases is currently used for release management. Git tags are used to
+manage release version numbers. 
+### steps
+1. `git tag v0.x.y-beta`
+2. `git push --tags`
+3. From Github validate the new tag is present with the correct commit.
+4. From Github create a new release based on the new tag.
+5. Github actions will then pick up the new release and trigger a release 
+build and publish to pypi using the tagged version number
+