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1. • Provide the release tag in the form of “v#.#.#.rc0” where 0 means it’s the first release candidate
   • Select the commit by clicking Target: branch > Recent commits > $commit_hash
   • Copy and paste NEWS change into the description box
   • Select “This is a pre-release"
2. Create artifacts for the release and push to the dist folder
   • apache-mxnet-src-#.#.#.rc0-incubating.tar.gx:
     • git clone --recursive http://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet
     • # remove R-package until the licensing issue is resolved
     • rm -rf R-package/
     • Remove all the .git files -  rm -rf .git* 
     • Remove all other files of the form .* (eg .travis etc)
     • (on MacOS use gnu-tar via `brew install gnu-tar` --> gtar)
     • gtar -cvzf apache-mxnet-src-#.#.#.rc0-incubating.tar incubator-mxnet/
     • Try to untar it in a different type of machine and try a classic build with `make`. Follow build instructions in the "Build from Source" section http://mxnet.incubator.apache.org/get_started/install.html

   • apache-mxnet-src-#.#.#.rc0-incubating.tar.gz.asc: 
     • $ gpg --armor --output apache-mxnet-src-#.rc2-incubating.tar.gz.asc --detach-sig apache-mxnet-src-#.rc2-incubating.tar.gz
     • details here: http://www.apache.org/dev/release-signing.html#openpgp-ascii-detach-sig
   • apache-mxnet-src-#.#.#.rc0-incubating.tar.gz.md5: Create MD5 checksum
     • $ md5 apache-mxnet-src-#.#.#.rc0-incubating.tar.gz > apache-mxnet-src-#.#.#.rc0-incubating.tar.gz.md5
   • apache-mxnet-src-#.#.#.rc0-incubating.tar.gz.sha512: Create SHA checksum
     • $ shasum -a 512 apache-mxnet-src-#.#.#.rc0-incubating.tar.gz > apache-mxnet-src-#.#.#.rc0-incubating.tar.gz.sha512
   • #.#.#-incubating.RC0 folder: Create a folder for this RC in the dist folder

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