THIS IS A TEST INSTANCE. ALL YOUR CHANGES WILL BE LOST!!!!
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mkdir 0.8.1_RELEASE
cd 0.8.1_RELEASE/
git clone http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/kafka.git kafka_0.8.1-src
cd kafka_0.8.1-src/
git checkout -b 0.8.1 origin/0.8.1
Go to JIRA and prepare/format the txt release notes (configure to change from html)
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