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• Build is successful (Refer to Build and Install for build instructions)
• DISCLAIMER is correct, filenames include “incubating”
• LICENSE and NOTICE files are correct and dependency licenses are acceptable
  • LICENSE and NOTICE files at the root of the artifact directory must only reflect the contents of the artifact in which they are contained.
  • See:
    
    • LICENSE file requirements
    • LICENSE requirements for distribution artifacts with multiple licenses
    • NOTICE file requirements (Check Copyright year)
    • Apache Legal
    • Acceptable and Unacceptable Dependency Licenses
• All source files have license headers where appropriate, RAT checks pass
  • Additional check:
    • pom.xml (For artifactId "hawq", verify version is consistent with the version specified in getversion file in the root directory).xml
• The provenance of all source files is clear (ASF or software grants)
• Create the Release Candidate
• Sign the Release Candidate
• Verify the Release Candidate signatures
• Commit artifacts to the dev Apache dist site for release candidates

Create the Release Candidate

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