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1. See the generic Apache Release process – http://www.apache.org/dev/release-publishing.html.
2. See the generic Apache Release FAQ – http://www.apache.org/legal/release-policy.html.
3. See the ASF policy and documentation for releases: http://www.apache.org/dev/#releases.
4. See the necessary steps and requirements for the release distribution -- http://www.apache.org/dev/release-distribution.html.

Specific Steps, Details, and Examples

See:

After reading the above, some specific steps and details and examples below.

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Note: If the main site is not syncing go to selfserve.apache.org and click "synchronize git repositories".

Before you start

1. Make sure you have the Right Permissions

1. You must be a PMC member / Committer in Apache NetBeans
2. You must have connected your Apache ID to Apache NetBeans GitHub via GitBox: https://gitbox.apache.org
3. You must be able to change the branch being used for Jenkins to connect to Apache CI Jenkins instance builds,
   i.e., see 

   Jira
   server ASF JIRA serverId 5aa69414-a9e9-3523-82ec-879b028fb15b key INFRA-17082

4. You shall have a PGP KEY
5. You need to have sudo access to netbeans-vm.apache.org

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NOTE: For accessing the NetBeans Virtual VM please see netbeans-vm.apache.org

Specific Steps, Details, and Examples

See:

After reading the above, some specific steps and details and examples below.

1.  PMC vote and tally.
   
   
2. During incubation, IPMC vote, for example: 
   
   https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ae06af5a10d99a14e35a0fee8a8e35e91505b85293549f8152a075d4@%3Cgeneral.incubator.apache.org%3E
   
   Conclude and tally the vote on general@ by replying with a final [RESULT][VOTE] <subject>, which can be done after minimal 72h. Check the general@ list for examples on the format and content of such [RESULT][VOTE] emails, for example:
   
   https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/30c40866c0ad97d747c270dc7b7ddc78f60157695763bf355e1697a4@%3Cgeneral.incubator.apache.org%3E
   
   
3. The source distribution at https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/incubator/netbeans/
   
   needs to be moved (can use svn mv for that) to :
   
   https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/netbeans/netbeans/
   
4. Also, the KEYS file needed to verify netbeans distributions needs to be uploaded in the root (netbeans) dist folder there as well:
   
   http://www.apache.org/dev/release-distribution.html#sigs-and-sums
   
5. Finally, the NetBeans website (netbeans.apache.org) needs to provide a download link for the distribution, including (explicitly) links to:
   
   http://www.apache.org/dev/release-distribution.html#download-links
   
   i.e., update the website with the release info, as that is required to make it a proper and community-visible release.

Note: If the main site is not syncing go to selfserve.apache.org and click "synchronize git repositories".