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+requirements for making releases
+
+```
+python3 -m pip install --user --upgrade twine setuptools wheel
+```
+
+to make a new release, bump version in pyttanko.py and run
+
+```
+python3 setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+twine upload dist/*
+```