THIS IS A TEST INSTANCE. ALL YOUR CHANGES WILL BE LOST!!!!
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mkdir 0.9.0.0_RELEASE
cd 0.9.0.0_RELEASE/
git clone https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/kafka.git kafka
cd kafka
git checkout -b 0.9.0 origin/0.9.0
Update version number
- If the code is still using a -SNAPSHOT version, remove it and commit the release version. (This will only happen during the first release candidate currently.)
Prepare release notes
- Go to JIRA, move all unresolved jiras with "Fix versions" of 0.9.0.0 to future releases.
- Select roadmap from left panel, click on "release notes" next to the release version and prepare/format the txt release notes (configure to change from html). The text version shows up at the bottom of the page.
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