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According to ASF guideline [1] [2] [3], release for an incubator project must follow:
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- create openwhisk-src.zip (contain all core + runtimes), run license checker, sign with PGP key
- start voting on dev list
- publish the source under Apache dist location
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- release other artifacts (docker, maven, etc.)
Release management tasks
- Make sure that an appropriate milestone (version) for the release is entered in GitHub issues and that all the related issues have been resolved.
- Create a new milestone in GitHub for the next release.
- Create the RELEASE-NOTES.txt from GitHub issues.
Build and deploy the release artifacts with release script. See below for the exact steps.
- Send an announcement email to openwhisk dev mailing list
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