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• update ./site/xdocs/downloads/downloads.xml file in SVN to point to new directory
• update news.xml to add details of new release
• rebuild jakarta site2 (ant docs)
• commit changes
• login to people.apache.org
• cd /www/jakarta.apache.org
• svn update index.html site
• cd /www/jakarta.apache.org/jmeter
• fetch site from SVN:
  • svn
  co
  • switch http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/jakarta/jmeter/tags/vm_nxx/docs
  .
  • for later updates, use "svn switch" or "svn update" as appropriate
• N.B. wait for few hours so site updates catch up
  

Announce

• update Wiki version details
  

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• release announce e-mail to jmeter-user, jmeter-dev, general@jakarta and announce
  

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