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Call for a vote on the dev mailing list and CC general@incubator.apache.org with something like this:
Email subject should be: \ [VOTE\] Release Release Apache Tez-x.y.z-incubating RC0 Wiki Markup
I have created an tez-x.y.z-incubating release candidate rc0.
GIT source tag (r***)
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Vote will be open for atleast 72 hours.
\[ \ ] \ +1 approve
\ Wiki Markup
[ \ ] \ +0 no opinion
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[ \ ] \ -1 disapprove (and reason why)
Ending a Successful/Failed Vote
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Once the vote passes/fails, send out an email with subject like "\[RESULT\]\[VOTE\] Apache Apache Tez x.y.z rc0" to general@incubator.apache.org and tez-dev@incubator.apache.org. For the vote to pass, 3 \ +1 votes are required from IPMC members.
List +1s, -1s, 0s with clear distinctions between IPMC, PPMC and general contributors.
Cancelling a Vote
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For a cancelled vote due to any reason, change the subject to "\[CANCEL\]\[VOTE\] Apache Apache Tez x.y.z rc0"
After A Successful Vote
Copy the bits to distribution folder for Apache Tez
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Update podling status at incubator.apache.org/projects/tez.html
TBD
Release Announcement
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Send out Announcement to dev@tez.incubator.apache.org, user@tez.incubator.apache.org and general@incubator.apache.org
Suject: \ [ANNOUNCE\] Apache Tez x.y.z. ( Incubating )
The Apache Tez team is proud to announce the release of Apache Tez version x.y.z (incubating)
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