version: bump to v1.12.0

Signed-off-by: Alexander Trost <galexrt@googlemail.com>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 1.12.0 / 2022-02-02
+
+* [ENHANCEMENT] Added Pdisk Remaining Rated Write Endurance Metric by @adityaborgaonkar
+
 ## 1.11.1 / 2021-10-12
 
 * [ENHANCEMENT] update go version to 1.16

README.md

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 Golang version `1.16` is used for testing and building the dellhw_exporter.
 
 `go mod` is used for "vendoring" of the dependencies.
+
+### Creating a new Release
+
+1. Update the version in the [`VERSION` file](VERSION).
+2. Create an entry in the [`CHANGELOG.md` file](CHANGELOG.md).
+    Example of a changelog entry:
+    ```
+    ## 1.12.0 / 2022-02-02
+
+    * [ENHANCEMENT] Added Pdisk Remaining Rated Write Endurance Metric by @adityaborgaonkar
+    * [BUGFIX] ci: fix build routine issues
+    ```
+    The following "kinds" of entries can be added:
+    * `CHANGE`
+    * `FEATURE`
+    * `ENHANCEMENT`
+    * `BUGFIX`
+3. Commit the version increase with a commit messages in format: `version: bump to v1.12.0`
+4. Create the `git` tag using `git tag v1.12.0`
+5. Now push the changes and commit using `git push && git push --tags`
+6. In a few minutes the new release should be available for "approval" under the [releases section](https://github.com/galexrt/dellhw_exporter/releases). Edit and save the release on GitHub and the release is complete.

VERSION

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-1.11.0
+1.12.0