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| Task # | Task | Owner | Relative Date | Absolute Date |
| PreReqs for Release Start: | PM | |||
| 1 | Finalize the Release Date | PM | T-15 | |
| 2 | High Level List of Features and artifact specs | PM | T-15 | |
| 3 | Prepare Release Notes - draft 1 | PM | T-15 | |
| 4 | Inform the community | ReleaseLead | T-15 | |
| 5 | PR to update the Website into master/RB | WebsiteLead | T-14 | |
| 6 | PR to update the Docs into master/RB | DocsLead | T-14 | |
| 7 | PR to update the versions into master/RB | ReleaseLead | T-14 | |
| 8 | Validate License Headers and top Level LICENSE file | ReleaseLead | T-14 | |
| 9 | Validate/update submodules | ReleaseLead | T-14 | |
| 10 | Stabilize the code for CI to pass | ReleaseLead | T-14 | |
| 11 | Merge all necessary PRs into master | Community | T-13 | |
| 12 | Code Freeze and Release Start: Cut the Release Branch | ReleaseLead | T-10 | |
| 13 | Finalize the Release Notes based on PRs that got in - final draft | PM | T-10 | |
| 14 | PR to update the NEWS and README into the RB | ReleaseLead | T-9 | |
| 15 | Validate the docs build locally by checking release-specific docs like pip install, etc. | DocsLead | T-9 | |
| 16 | Test part 1: Run the unit Tests on the Release Branch | ReleaseLead | T-8 | |
| 17 | Test part 2: Run the Nightly Tests | ReleaseLead | T-8 | |
| 18 | Create the Github Tag for the rc0 | ReleaseLead | T-7 | |
| 19 | Create the src tar and sign, Upload the src tar | ReleaseLead | T-7 | |
| 20 | Validate the signatures | Release Lead | T-7 | |
| 21 | Clone svn repo and do a manual test | Release Lead | T-7 | |
| 22 | Update version number in Travis CI used for Scala Build | Release Lead | T-7 | |
| Begin Apache Voting | ReleaseLead | T-7 | ||
| 2223 | Start the vote on dev@ | ReleaseLead | ||
| 2324 | Send out the results of the vote on dev@ | ReleaseLead | T-4 | |
| 2425 | Revote if necessary (Steps 15-22) | ReleaseLead | Not Accounted For | |
| 2526 | Start the vote on general@ | ReleaseLead | T-4 | |
| 2627 | Send out the results of the vote on general@ | ReleaseLead | T-1 | |
| End Apache Voting | ||||
| 2728 | Create the final release tag on github | ReleaseLead | T-1 | |
| 2829 | Rename, resign and upload the src tar to final dir | ReleaseLead | T-1 | |
| 2930 | Update the website using tag | Website Lead | T-1 | |
| 3031 | Release the official pip package | pip Lead | T-1 | |
| 3132 | Release the official docker images | Docker Lead | T-1 | |
| 3233 | After 24 hrs, validate the packages are uploaded | Release Lead | T | |
| 3334 | Draft the offical announce email and review | Release Lead | T-1 | |
| 3435 | Send out the email on announce@ | Release Lead | T | |
| 3536 | Update the apache blog | Release Lead | T | |
| 3637 | update the aws blog | PM | T | |
| 3738 | send internal announcement | PM | T | |
| 3839 | Update the version on master | Release Lead | T |
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