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git clone https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/zookeeper.git
cd zookeeper

Test your docker environment

We are going to perform the full procedure using docker, this way we are sure that the binary artifacts are built using a know environment:

• Linux
• Java 8
• Maven
• OpenSSL

Enter the docker environment (this should work on Mac and on Linux).

In some environment  with SELinux you have to enable "permissive mode" ("sudo setenforce Permissive")

dev/docker/run.sh

Build Java anc C sources, run tests and test GPG signature

mvn clean install -Pfull-build -Papache-release

Create a branch (for major release, say 3.6.0)

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