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1. Finalizing your tag
   switching to master branch
   

   git tag -s rel/v{version} <commit SHA> -m "Apache HAWQ(incubating) {version) release (<other comments>)"

    

   Info
   title Sign your release tag
   You need to configure your git user signing key first before you can sign a tag. git config --global user.signingkey <Your secret key SHA>

2. Push your tag to remote (origin)
   

   git push origin rel/v{version}
    

3. Move tarballs from staging (dev) folder to release location:

   svn mv https://dist.apache.org/dist/dev/incubator/hawq/{version}.RC#/ https://dist.apache.org/dist/release/incubator/hawq/{version}

   Info
   title Commit Message
   As if you put https URL in svn commands, it'll commit automatically. A text editor will popup for you to edit commit message, put something like: "Release Apache HAWQ (incubating) {{version}}"

4. Add download link on hawq website: http://hawq.apache.org/
5. Go to http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/hawq to release the specific version (need admin permission, under "Version")
6. Update the news on http://incubator.apache.org/projects/hawq.html.
7. Add the document for the version into the hawq website and modify the link if needed. (https://github.com/apache/incubator-hawq-site)

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Announce the Release

Send an email to announce@apache.org, general@incubator.apache.org, and dev@hawq.apache.incubator.org with the subject: [ANNOUNCE] Apache HAWQ <release number> Release and a body along the lines of:

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