Draft release verification checklist, created in response to http://s.apache.org/awz.

Release manifest usage proposal

Release manifest example

Projects may wish to augment the default checklist in the release manifest with their own custom items. Here are some suggestions.

(This page could potentially supplant http://incubator.apache.org/guides/releasemanagement.html as a repository for best practice tips.)

Build instructions are provided, unless obvious.

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Each expanded source archive matches the corresponding SCM tag.

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RAT report clean.

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Change log clean.

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All copyright dates current.

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Issue tracker clean for release version.

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Extended tests pass.

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Build succeeds on platforms X, Y, Z.

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Documentation build clean.

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Downstream distributions build successfully.

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Binary release does not contain redundant dependency archives.

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