From 5d8b457e36bbfd1fe8cb96a837d8365c69d65c92 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: frreiss <frreiss@us.ibm.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2021 19:21:01 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add instructions to test for repeat of issue #231

---
 docs/release.md | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/release.md b/docs/release.md
index 828c4e15..88d28b11 100644
--- a/docs/release.md
+++ b/docs/release.md
@@ -52,6 +52,19 @@ Steps to release a new version:
    (pd) freiss@fuzzy:~/pd/tep-alpha2$ 
    ```   
 
+1. Create a new Anaconda environment and install JupyterLab and the `.whl` file
+   you just created into the new environment:
+
+   ```
+   conda deactivate
+   conda create --prefix testenv python=3.8 pip jupyterlab
+   conda activate ./testenv
+   pip install dist/text_extensions_for_pandas*.whl
+   ```
+   
+1. Activate your new environment, start up JupyterLab, and verify that the 
+   notebooks under `notebooks` still run.
+
 1. (optional): Do a test upload to TestPyPI by running:
    ```
    python -m twine upload --repository testpypi dist/*