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1. Preparing for release candidates:
   1. informing the community of timing
   2. prepare release notes (bug fixes, features added)
   3. making code changes with necessary version updates
   4. cutting a release candidate
2. Running the voting process for a release:
   1. calling votes and triaging issues, revote if necessary
3. Finalizing and posting a release:
   1. marking & publishing the official release
   2. updating the MXNet website
   3. announcing the release

Pre-requisites:

1. You are a current project committer
2. You’ve gained access to configure build jobs at builds.apache.org as a part of the jobsadmin group (ask a PMC mentor to add you)

1. Preparing the Release

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Candidate:

Step 1. Prepare Release Notes (bug fixes, features added)

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