Add docs for publishing to PyPI

Author: wwwillchen

docs/internal/publishing.md

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+# Publishing
+
+Follow these instructions for releasing a new version of Mesop publicly via PyPI (e.g. `pip install mesop`).
+
+## Bump the version
+
+Update `mesop/pip_package/setup.py` version field to the next version.
+
+## Install locally
+
+```sh
+rm -rf /tmp/mesoprelease-test && \
+bazel clean --expunge && \
+virtualenv --python python3 /tmp/mesoprelease-test/venv-test && \
+source /tmp/mesoprelease-test/venv-test/bin/activate && \
+pip install --upgrade pip && \
+pip install -r mesop/pip_package/requirements.txt --no-binary pydantic && \
+pip uninstall -y mesop && \
+bazel run //mesop/pip_package:build_pip_package -- /tmp/mesoprelease-test/mesop.tar.gz && \
+cd /tmp/mesoprelease-test/ && \
+tar -xzf mesop.tar.gz && \
+pip install --upgrade /tmp/mesoprelease-test/mesop*.whl
+```
+
+## Testing locally
+
+Create a simple hello world Mesop app to make sure it works:
+
+```py
+import mesop as me
+
+
+@me.page()
+def app():
+    me.text("Hello world")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    me.run()
+```
+
+> Note: you want to make sure that
+
+## Upload to PyPI
+
+```sh
+rm -rf /tmp/mesoprelease-test/venv-twine \
+&& virtualenv --python python3 /tmp/mesoprelease-test/venv-twine \
+&& source /tmp/mesoprelease-test/venv-twine/bin/activate \
+&& pip install --upgrade pip \
+&& pip install twine \
+&& twine upload mesop*.whl
+```
+
+Visit [https://pypi.org/project/mesop/](https://pypi.org/project/mesop/) to see that the new version has been published.
+
+## First-time upload setup
+
+Create a file `~/.pypirc`:
+
+```yaml
+[pypi]
+  username = __token__
+  password = {{password}}
+```
+
+You will need to get a PyPI token generated by one of the project maintainers.

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       - Type checking: internal/type_checking.md
       - CI: internal/ci.md
       - Build / Toolchain: internal/toolchain.md
+      - Publishing: internal/publishing.md
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