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- Check that the version numbers have been incremented after the previous release, as expected. (e.g. https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/cec14f9c33af9da271c9681bf6b343c61b6d055a)
- Check that the changelog file mentions your login name as release manager for this release (e.g. "Tomcat 9.0.94 (markt)").
- Check whether the
KEYSfile differs fromhttps://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/tomcat/tomcat-9/KEYSone. The latter one will be replaced after you do a release. Check that theKEYSfile contains your public key. - Check that the full build still works (ant release, preferably). Check that Buildbot builds (https://tomcat.apache.org/ci.html#Buildbot) are green.
Create the tag
The aim is to create a copy of the current trunk but without the "-dev" appended to the end of the version number.
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