Strengthen the release checklist and maintenance instructions (#1822)

* Strengthen the release checklist and maintenance instructions

* Add note about NEP29 in conda-forge feedstock

Co-authored-by: Wei Ji <[email protected]>

Author: Meghan Jones

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release_checklist.md

@@ -21,8 +21,12 @@ assignees: ''
 - [ ] Finish up 'Changelog entry for v0.x.x' Pull Request:
   - [ ] Add a new entry in `doc/_static/version_switch.js` for documentation switcher
   - [ ] Update `CITATION.cff` and BibTeX at https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt#citing-pygmt
-  - [ ] Add the documentation link https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt#documentation-for-other-versions
-  - [ ] Add compatibility information https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt#compatibility-with-gmt-and-pythonnumpy-versions
+    - [ ] Update authorship list
+    - [ ] Update DOI (and url for BibTeX)
+    - [ ] Update version
+    - [ ] Update date released
+  - [ ] Add the documentation link https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt#compatibility-with-gmtpythonnumpy-versions
+  - [ ] Add compatibility information https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt#compatibility-with-gmtpythonnumpy-versions
   - [ ] Copy draft changelog from Release Drafter and edit it to look nice ([see maintainers guide for details](https://www.pygmt.org/dev/maintenance.html#updating-the-changelog))
 
 **Release**:
@@ -33,11 +37,10 @@ assignees: ''
 - [ ] Manually upload the pygmt-vX.Y.Z.zip and baseline-images.zip files to https://zenodo.org/deposit, ensure that it is filed under the correct reserved DOI
 
 **After release**:
-- [ ] Update conda-forge [pygmt-feedstock](https://github.com/conda-forge/pygmt-feedstock) [Usually done automatically by conda-forge's bot]
+- [ ] Update conda-forge [pygmt-feedstock](https://github.com/conda-forge/pygmt-feedstock) [Done automatically by conda-forge's bot, but remember to pin NEP29 versions]
 - [ ] Bump PyGMT version on https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/try-gmt (after conda-forge update)
 - [ ] Announce the release on:
   - [ ] GMT [forum](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/c/news/) (do this announcement first! draft on https://hackmd.io/@pygmt. requires moderator status)
-  - [ ] [Major/Minor releases only] GMT [website](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/website) (News)
   - [ ] [ResearchGate](https://www.researchgate.net/project/PyGMT-A-Python-interface-for-the-Generic-Mapping-Tools) (after forum announcement)
   - [ ] [Twitter](https://twitter.com/gmt_dev) (after forum announcement)
 ---

doc/maintenance.md

@@ -266,7 +266,8 @@ publishing the actual release notes at https://www.pygmt.org/latest/changes.html
    [NEP 29](https://numpy.org/neps/nep-0029-deprecation_policy.html#detailed-description)
    for compatibility updates.
 9. Refresh citation information. Specifically, the BibTeX in `README.rst` and
-   `CITATION.cff` needs to be updated with any metadata changes. Please follow
+   `CITATION.cff` needs to be updated with any metadata changes, including the
+   DOI, release date, and version information. Please also follow
    guidelines in `AUTHORSHIP.md` for updating the author list in the BibTeX.
    More information about the `CITATION.cff` specification can be found at
    https://github.com/citation-file-format/citation-file-format/blob/main/schema-guide.md