Ensure licensing files are correct
Release notes/Readmes
Ensure svn revision targeted for release builds succeed (or are reported to succeed) for the necessary platforms. Including the build time tests.
Tag candidate release
Run build script to build and sign release artifacts
Upload to people.apache.org
Move to release area.
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Release Notes:

Please add release note items here:

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Jiras to be closed:

Below are all the Blocker and critical Qpid Jiras that are targeted for 0.6.

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