Add a Makefile for simple automation

Makefile

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+# simple Makefile for some common tasks
+.PHONY: clean test dist release pypi tagv
+
+paste-version := $(shell python setup.py --version)
+
+clean:
+	find . -name "*.pyc" |xargs rm || true
+	rm -r dist || true
+	rm -r build || true
+	rm -rf .tox || true
+	rm -r cover .coverage || true
+	rm -r .eggs || true
+	rm -r paste.egg-info || true
+
+tagv:
+	git tag -s -m ${paste-version} ${paste-version}
+	git push origin master --tags
+
+cleanagain:
+	find . -name "*.pyc" |xargs rm || true
+	rm -r dist || true
+	rm -r build || true
+	rm -r .tox || true
+	rm -r cover .coverage || true
+	rm -r .eggs || true
+	rm -r paste.egg-info || true
+
+test:
+	tox --skip-missing-interpreters
+
+dist: test
+	python3 setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+
+release: clean test cleanagain tagv pypi gh
+
+pypi:
+	python3 setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+	twine upload dist/*
+
+gh:
+	gh release create ${paste-version} --generate-notes dist/*

setup.py

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 # Procedure to release a new version:
 #
-# - run tests: run tox
 # - update version in setup.py (__version__)
-# - update tag_build in setup.cfg
-# - check that "python setup.py sdist" contains all files tracked by
-#   the SCM (Mercurial): update MANIFEST.in if needed
 # - update changelog: docs/news.txt
+# - commit and push to git
+# - make release
 #
-# - git commit
-# - git tag -s VERSION
-# - git push
-# - python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel upload --sign
+# The final step will release to pypi and to Github
 
 __version__ = '3.6.0'