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• Run the `release.py` script in the root of the kafka repository and follow the instructions. NOTE that if you are releasing a version prior to 1.0.x, you need to have minor edits on the script to change the three-digits pattern checking to four-digits parttern.

Website update process

Note: Unlike the Kafka sources (kafka repo), the content of Apache Kafka website is backed by the separate git repository (kafka-site repo). Today, any changes to the content and docs must be kept manually in sync between the two repositories.

We should improve the release script to include these steps. In the meantime, for new releases:

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