2.6.1 release notes, check for .python-version

Author: Luke Bakken

Makefile

@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ ifeq ($(PANDOC_VERSION),)
 endif
 ifeq ($(RELEASE_GPG_KEYNAME),)
 	$(error RELEASE_GPG_KEYNAME must be set to build a release and deploy this package)
+endif
+ifeq ("$(wildcard $(PROJDIR)/.python-version)","")
+	$(error expected $(PROJDIR)/.python-version to exist. Run $(PROJDIR)/build/pyenv-setup)
 endif
 	@python -c 'import pypandoc'
 	@echo "==> Python tagging version $(VERSION)"
@@ -69,6 +72,9 @@ endif
 release: release_sdist
 ifeq ($(RELEASE_GPG_KEYNAME),)
 	$(error RELEASE_GPG_KEYNAME must be set to build a release and deploy this package)
+endif
+ifeq ("$(wildcard $(PROJDIR)/.python-version)","")
+	$(error expected $(PROJDIR)/.python-version to exist. Run $(PROJDIR)/build/pyenv-setup)
 endif
 	@echo "==> pypi repository: $(PYPI_REPOSITORY)"
 	@echo "==> Python 2.7 (bdist_egg)"

RELNOTES.md

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # Riak Python Client Release Notes
 
+## [`2.6.1` Release](https://github.com/basho/riak-python-client/issues?q=milestone%3Ariak-python-client-2.6.0)
+ * NOTE: Due to pypi upload errors, `2.6.1` takes the place of `2.6.0`.
+
 ## [`2.6.0` Release](https://github.com/basho/riak-python-client/issues?q=milestone%3Ariak-python-client-2.6.0)
+ * NOTE: Due to pypi upload errors, `2.6.1` takes the place of `2.6.0`.
 
 ## [`2.5.5` Release](https://github.com/basho/riak-python-client/issues?q=milestone%3Ariak-python-client-2.5.5)