diff --git a/HPC_setup/requirements_HDFML_additionals.txt b/HPC_setup/requirements_HDFML_additionals.txt
index 5065149a3e1da7a197834bbf17d74281b815e732..82d78d096ba56157cf046c2e9e2064c3b68e421c 100644
--- a/HPC_setup/requirements_HDFML_additionals.txt
+++ b/HPC_setup/requirements_HDFML_additionals.txt
@@ -1,19 +1,60 @@
+absl-py==0.9.0
+astor==0.8.1
+atomicwrites==1.3.0
+attrs==19.3.0
+certifi==2019.11.28
+chardet==3.0.4
+cloudpickle==1.3.0
coverage==5.0.3
+cycler==0.10.0
+Cython==0.29.15
+dask==2.11.0
+fsspec==0.6.2
+gast==0.3.3
+grpcio==1.27.2
+h5py==2.10.0
+idna==2.8
importlib-metadata==1.5.0
-matplotlib==3.2.0 # in SciPy-Stack
-netcdf4
-pandas==1.0.1 # in SciPy-Stack
-patsy==0.5.1 #
-py==1.8.1 # ?
-pyproj==2.5.0 # in basemap
-pyshp==2.1.0 # in basemap
-pytest==5.3.5 # in python (but we need higher version)
+
+kiwisolver==1.1.0
+locket==0.2.0
+Markdown==3.2.1
+matplotlib==3.2.0
+mock==4.0.1
+more-itertools==8.2.0
+numpy==1.18.1
+packaging==20.3
+pandas==1.0.1
+partd==1.1.0
+patsy==0.5.1
+Pillow==7.0.0
+pluggy==0.13.1
+protobuf==3.11.3
+py==1.8.1
+pydot==1.4.1
+pyparsing==2.4.6
+pyproj==2.5.0
+pyshp==2.1.0
+pytest==5.3.5
pytest-cov==2.8.1
pytest-html==2.0.1
pytest-lazy-fixture==0.6.3
pytest-metadata==1.8.0
pytest-sugar
-statsmodels==0.11.1 # (in jupyter, bit not oh hdfml)
-xarray==0.15.0 # in SciPy-Stacki (v0.12.1, only)
-zipp==3.1.0
+python-dateutil==2.8.1
+pytz==2019.3
+PyYAML==5.3
+requests==2.23.0
+scipy==1.4.1
+seaborn==0.10.0
+--no-binary shapely Shapely==1.7.0
+six==1.11.0
+statsmodels==0.11.1
tabulate
+toolz==0.10.0
+typing-extensions
+urllib3==1.25.8
+wcwidth==0.1.8
+Werkzeug==1.0.0
+xarray==0.15.0
+zipp==3.1.0
diff --git a/HPC_setup/setup_venv_hdfml.sh b/HPC_setup/setup_venv_hdfml.sh
index 585e43b10ae2e807eeec8f1345dc65a915c31184..ad5b12763dc0065f925baad39e244b31b762ba96 100644
--- a/HPC_setup/setup_venv_hdfml.sh
+++ b/HPC_setup/setup_venv_hdfml.sh
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ pip install --ignore-installed matplotlib==3.2.0
pip install --ignore-installed pandas==1.0.1
pip install --ignore-installed statsmodels==0.11.1
pip install --ignore-installed tabulate
-
+pip install -U typing_extensions
# see wiki on hdfml for information oh h5py:
# https://gitlab.version.fz-juelich.de/haf/Wiki/-/wikis/HDF-ML%20System
export CC=mpicc
export HDF5_MPI="ON"
pip install --no-binary=h5py h5py
-
+pip install --ignore-installed netcdf4==1.5.4
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dfbcc518341e4f10f642f385b1b60633f56b5ee0..6786f0ddb31e0616bf10161f94e80f09f8afeb1b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ install the geo packages. For special instructions to install MLAir on the Jueli
* Installation of **MLAir**:
* Either clone MLAir from the [gitlab repository](https://gitlab.version.fz-juelich.de/toar/mlair.git)
and use it without installation (beside the requirements)
- * or download the distribution file ([current version](https://gitlab.version.fz-juelich.de/toar/mlair/-/blob/master/dist/mlair-0.12.1-py3-none-any.whl))
+ * or download the distribution file ([current version](https://gitlab.version.fz-juelich.de/toar/mlair/-/blob/master/dist/mlair-0.12.2-py3-none-any.whl))
and install it via `pip install <dist_file>.whl`. In this case, you can simply import MLAir in any python script
inside your virtual environment using `import mlair`.
diff --git a/development_guidelines.md b/development_guidelines.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b847f06010b9d6d4b718373142e8088b4119c5df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/development_guidelines.md
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# GUIDELINES
+
+## release of new version
+
+* Create Release Issue
+* Create merge request: branch `release_vX.Y.Z` into `master`
+* Merge `develop` into `release_vX.Y.Z`
+* Checkout `release_vX.Y.Z`
+* Adjust `changelog.md`
+* Update version number in `mlair/__ init__.py`
+* Create new dist file: `python3 setup.py sdist bdist_wheel`
+* Update file link in `README.md`
+* Update file link in `docs/_source/get-started.rst`
+* Commit + push
+* Merge `release_vX.Y.Z` into `master`
+* Create new tag
diff --git a/dist/mlair-0.12.2-py3-none-any.whl b/dist/mlair-0.12.2-py3-none-any.whl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2f95aa992446e8eac69ac1c4512ea78181b6c202
Binary files /dev/null and b/dist/mlair-0.12.2-py3-none-any.whl differ
diff --git a/docs/_source/get-started.rst b/docs/_source/get-started.rst
index 7c909b778ca12dfd74497c90d60d62adf9801b29..7dda0eccb41281f6d15b4434b7e13ed2aa332d35 100644
--- a/docs/_source/get-started.rst
+++ b/docs/_source/get-started.rst
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ Installation of MLAir
* Install all requirements from `requirements.txt <https://gitlab.version.fz-juelich.de/toar/machinelearningtools/-/blob/master/requirements.txt>`_
preferably in a virtual environment
* Either clone MLAir from the `gitlab repository <https://gitlab.version.fz-juelich.de/toar/machinelearningtools.git>`_
-* or download the distribution file (?? .whl) and install it via :py:`pip install <??>`. In this case, you can simply
+* or download the distribution file (`current version <https://gitlab.version.fz-juelich.de/toar/mlair/-/blob/master/dist/mlair-0.12.2-py3-none-any.whl>`_)
+ and install it via :py:`pip install <dist_file>.whl`. In this case, you can simply
import MLAir in any python script inside your virtual environment using :py:`import mlair`.