docs: reviewer and maintainer responsibilities with automated release…

…s and PRs

PUBLISHING.rst

@@ -27,9 +27,10 @@ Publishing Steps
 
 To publish a new version of trtools:
 
-1. First, locate the most recent PR prefixed "chore(main)" created by our Github actions bot
-2. List a maintainer of our repository (@gymrek-lab/trtools) as a reviewer of the PR and ask them to merge it
-3. The bot will automatically create a new version on PyPI and tag a release on Github
+1. First, locate the most recent *release PR* prefixed "chore(main)" created by our Github actions bot
+2. List a maintainer of our repository (@gymrek-lab/trtools) as a reviewer of the PR
+3. The maintainer may edit the auto-generated text-body of the PR release to incorporate additional details from the underlying PRs, if needed
+4. Once merged, the bot will automatically create a new version on PyPI and tag a release on Github
 
 Lastly, the change needs to be published to bioconda.
 

README.rst

@@ -172,6 +172,8 @@ We appreciate contributions to TRTools. If you would like to contribute a fix or
 #. Submit a pull request (PR) **to the master branch** of the central repository with a description of what changes you have made. Title the PR according to the `conventional commits spec <https://www.conventionalcommits.org>`_.
    A member of the TRTools team will reply and continue the contribution process from there, possibly asking for additional information/effort on your part.
 
+   * If you are reviewing a pull request, please double-check that the PR addresses each item in `our PR checklist <https://github.com/gymrek-lab/TRTools/blob/master/.github/pull_request_template.md>`_
+
 Publishing
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 If you are a TRTools maintainer and wish to publish changes and distribute them to PyPI and bioconda, please see PUBLISHING.rst in the root of the git repo.