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- Clone one of the last Apache Flex release JIRA issues eg https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLEX-33751
or https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLEX-3354634560 (4.14.0) - Decide if you need an installer release at the same time as a new SDK release.
- Get people involved, email dev and user mailing lists to find out what important issues need to be fixed and if there's anything that might stop a release from happening.
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