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The site documentation now needs to be copied to the appropriate branch directory from the tag.
\[Note: if the vote fails, the branch will need to be removed and recreated\]

svn cp -m"Create docs branch" https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/jmeter/tags/v3_2_RC1 https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/jmeter/branches/docs-5.0/

The Javadocs are not yet part of SVN at this point. For simplicity when reviewing the release candidate, they should be added to the docs branch here:

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• review RAT report
• See ReleaseChecking for information on what to check
  

Vote on release

• Wiki Markup
  send round \[VOTE\] e-mail to dev

• Wait for any feedback (at least 72 hours); address any issues raised, if necessary by creating another release tag
• If at least 3 PMC votes, then continue
  

After VOTE success

• Wiki Markup
  send round \[VOTE\] \[RESULT\] e-mail to same mailing lists

• Copy the RC tag to the release tag

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• update Wiki version details

• Wiki Markup
  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
  

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