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• a Java JDK in according with target JDK (Java 6 7 for JMeter 2.9)
• a recent Ant binary (1.8+)
• subversion (svn) client installed (version 1.7+); the command-line utility svnmucc is needed (it should be included in the svn client installation (svn-tools dir), but please check)
• a text editor
• hostname must resolve to ip address (not loopback)
• Internet access
  

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  send \[ANNOUNCE\] e-mail to user@jmeter.a.o, dev@jmeter.a.o

  • See ReleaseAnnounceEmailTemplate
  • Double check all URL in email announce!
• also copy to announce AT ao (has to be sent from an ao e-mail address)
• N.B. to track bounces and unsubscribes, it may be a good idea to use a separate mail to Announce
  

Update reporter.apache.org

Add release data (version and date) to reporter.apache.org - https://reporter.apache.org/addrelease.html?jmeter

Tidy up

• a few days after the release has been announced, remove any superseded releases from the binaries and source directories under https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/jmeter/ using the following command:
  

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