Update developer docs

hardbyte · hardbyte · commit 2fa99c398cab · 2020-08-04T20:14:50.000+12:00
diff --git a/doc/development.rst b/doc/development.rst
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ Contributing
 Contribute to source code, documentation, examples and report issues:
 https://github.com/hardbyte/python-can
 
+Note that the latest released version on PyPi may be significantly behind the
+``develop`` branch. Please open any feature requests against the ``develop`` branch
+
 There is also a `python-can <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/python-can>`__
 mailing list for development discussion.
 
@@ -16,6 +19,14 @@ in the chapter :ref:`internalapi`.
 There is also additional information on extending the ``can.io`` module.
 
 
+Pre-releases
+------------
+
+The latest pre-release can be installed with::
+
+    pip install --upgrade --pre python-can
+
+
 
 Building & Installing
 ---------------------
@@ -90,7 +101,7 @@ The modules in ``python-can`` are:
 Creating a new Release
 ----------------------
 
-- Release from the ``master`` branch.
+- Release from the ``master`` branch (except for pre-releases).
 - Update the library version in ``__init__.py`` using `semantic versioning <http://semver.org>`__.
 - Check if any deprecations are pending.
 - Run all tests and examples against available hardware.
