doc: update release process instructions with checklist

Author: dshemetov

DEVELOPMENT.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ## Setting up the development environment
 
 ```r
-install.packages(c('devtools', 'pkgdown', 'styler', 'lintr')) # install dev dependencies
+pak::pkg_install(c('devtools', 'pkgdown', 'styler', 'lintr')) # install dev dependencies
 devtools::install_deps(dependencies = TRUE) # install package dependencies
 devtools::document() # generate package meta data and man files
 devtools::build() # build package
@@ -45,43 +45,36 @@ python -m http.server -d docs
 Please follow the guidelines in the [PR template document](.github/pull_request_template.md).
 
 ## Release process
-First, there's a handy function that makes a github issue; for example, at the time of writing we were doing:
-```R
-usethis::use_release_issue(version = "1.0.2")
-```
-If you want to extend it, add to the `release_bullets` function in [utils.R](https://github.com/cmu-delphi/epidatr/blob/dev/R/utils.R).
- First, make sure that all the checks pass
-
-```R
-devtools::check(".", manual = TRUE, env_vars =c(NOT_CRAN = "false"))
-```
 
-Aim for 10/10, no notes. Generally, follow the issue. `revdep_check` is likely to fail but doesn't seem to be terribly important. So for now ignore it. Actually, the issue is off a bit: use the following instead:
-Prepare for release:
-
-* [ ] `git pull`
-* [ ] Check [current CRAN check results](https://cran.rstudio.org/web/checks/check_results_epidatr.html)
-* [ ] `devtools::check(remote = TRUE, manual = TRUE)`
-* [ ] if check works well enough, merge to main. Otherwise open a PR to fix up.
-* [ ] [Polish NEWS](https://github.com/cmu-delphi/epidatr/blob/dev/NEWS.md): some [Guidelines](https://style.tidyverse.org/news.html#news-release)
-* [ ] `git checkout main`
-* [ ] `git pull`
-* [ ] `urlchecker::url_check()`. This may choke on the MIT license url, and that's ok.
-* [ ] `devtools::build_readme()`
-* [ ] `devtools::check_win_devel()`
-* [ ] check email for problems
-* [ ] `revdepcheck::revdep_check(num_workers = 4)`. This may choke, it is very sensitive to the binary versions of packages on a given system. Either bypass or ask someone else to run it if you're concerned.
-* [ ] Update `cran-comments.md`
-* [ ] PR with any changes
+Open a release issue and then copy and follow this checklist in the issue (modified from the checklist generated by `usethis::use_release_issue(version = "1.0.2")`):
+
+- [ ] `git pull`
+- [ ] Check [current CRAN check results](https://cran.rstudio.org/web/checks/check_results_epidatr.html)
+- [ ] `devtools::check(".", manual = TRUE, env_vars = c(NOT_CRAN = "false"))`.
+  - Aim for 10/10, no notes.
+- [ ] If check works well enough, merge to main. Otherwise open a PR to fix up.
+- [ ] [Polish NEWS](https://github.com/cmu-delphi/epidatr/blob/dev/NEWS.md).
+  - Some [guidelines](https://style.tidyverse.org/news.html#news-release).
+- [ ] `git checkout main`
+- [ ] `git pull`
+- [ ] `urlchecker::url_check()`.
+  - This may choke on the MIT license url, and that's ok.
+- [ ] `devtools::build_readme()`
+- [ ] `devtools::check_win_devel()`
+- [ ] Check email for problems
+- [ ] `revdepcheck::revdep_check(num_workers = 4)`.
+  - This may choke, it is very sensitive to the binary versions of packages on a given system. Either bypass or ask someone else to run it if you're concerned.
+- [ ] Update `cran-comments.md`
+- [ ] PR with any changes
 
 Submit to CRAN:
 
-* [ ] `devtools::submit_cran()`
-* [ ] Approve email
+- [ ] `devtools::submit_cran()`
+- [ ] Approve email
 
 Wait for CRAN...
 
-* [ ] Accepted :tada:
-* [ ] `dev`
-* [ ] `usethis::use_github_release(publish = FALSE)` (publish off, otherwise it won't push). 
-* [ ] check the release notes and publish the branch on github
+- [ ] Accepted :tada:
+- [ ] `dev`
+- [ ] `usethis::use_github_release(publish = FALSE)` (publish off, otherwise it won't push).
+- [ ] check the release notes and publish the branch on github