improve the release process

.github/workflows/publish_to_pypi.yml

@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-name: Publish PyPI
-
-on: workflow_dispatch
-
-jobs:
-  build-and-publish:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-      - name: Set up Python 3.9
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
-        with:
-          python-version: 3.9
-      - name: Install pypa/build
-        run: >-
-          python -m
-          pip install
-          build
-          --user
-      - name: Build a binary wheel and a source tarball
-        run: >-
-          python -m
-          build
-          --sdist
-          --wheel
-          --outdir dist/
-          .
-      - name: Publish to PyPI
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@master
-        with:
-          username: __token__
-          password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -1,9 +1,67 @@
-name: Build and publish standalone executables
+name: Make Release
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: "Release version (Example: 1.0.0, must match 'version' in setup.py)"
+        required: true
+        default: '1.0.0'
+
 
 on: workflow_dispatch
 
 jobs:
 
+  Create_Release:
+
+    - name: Create GitHub release
+      uses: actions/create-release@v1
+      id: create_release
+      with:
+        draft: true
+        prerelease: true
+        release_name: ${{ github.event.inputs.version}} alpha
+        tag_name: ${{ github.event.inputs.version}}
+        body: |
+          Autogenerated by github action, developer should edit as required before publishing...
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+  Publish_to_PyPI:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Set up Python 3.9
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.9
+
+      - name: Install pypa/build
+        run: >-
+          python -m
+          pip install
+          build
+          --user
+
+      - name: Build a binary wheel and a source tarball
+        run: >-
+          python -m
+          build
+          --sdist
+          --wheel
+          --outdir dist/
+          .
+
+      - name: Publish to PyPI
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@master
+        with:
+          username: __token__
+          password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
+
+
   build-and-publish-mac:
     runs-on: macos-latest