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1. Create a [DISCUSS] thread on dev@daffodil.apache.org to make a decision as a community if the timing is correct for a release and what open issues should be resolved for a release. Ensure there is at leas 72 hours for discussion before moving forward.
     
2. Upon agreement, someone should volunteer to be the "Release Manager" to take the responsibility to prepare the release candidate.
     

3. Prior to creating the release candidate, the version of the project should contain the -SNAPSHOT keyword. Create and merge a pull request to remove this -SNAPSHOT keyword in preparation for a non-snapshot release. Note that different projects
   
   The new version should not contain an -rcX  suffix--the suffix is automatically added to release candidate artifact file names where necessary by the release canidate container.
   

Creating a Release Candidate

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