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1. Add a news item to the main page of the OFBiz website: http://ofbiz.apache.org/index.html
2. Add the information about the release to the OFBiz download page: http://ofbiz.apache.org/download.html
3. Create an html page with the release notes (generated by Jira)
   
   1. In Jira, mark the version as "released" and create a new version for the next release
4. If necessary, update the security page
5. Add the information about the release to the release history page: http://www.apache.org/dist/ofbiz/
6. Send an announcement to the user, dev and announce@apache.org lists; if the release contains vulnerability fixes send also to security@apache.org
7. Update the release informations on other sites: OFBiz on other sites

Creating a new release branch

From time to time, every 1-2 years, the OFBiz community create a release branch from the master branch in order to start the stabilization process.

This paragraph describes the steps involved in the creation of the release branch:

1. Create a new branch named release<YY.MM>
   1. For example: release18.12 is the name of the release branch created in December, 2018
2. Edit the VERSION file in the OFBiz home folder to contain the same <YY.MM> of the release branch
3. In Jira, rename the version "Upcoming Branch" into "Release Branch <YY.MM>"
4. In Jira, create a new version named "Upcoming Branch"