Issue added instructions to contribution guide for making a release
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## NiftyNet admin tasks
+### Making a release
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+NiftyNet versions are numbered following [Semantic Versioning (semver)](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
+After adding notes for the current release to the [NiftyNet changelog][changelog], the current release should be [tagged][git-tag] with a [PEP440][pep440]-compliant semver number preceded by the letter `v` (for "version").
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+[pep440]: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0440/
+[changelog]: CHANGELOG.md
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### Bundling a pip installer
The NiftyNet pip installer gets bundled automatically for [Git tags][git-tag] starting with a `v` (for "version") pushed to [CMICLab][niftynet-cmiclab].
