- build distributions
- sign distributions
- Generate announcements and HEADER.html
- upload distributions to correct dir
- tag CVS
- generate www pages and upload
- bump release ID
- send announcements to announcements@xml.apache.org, announcements@jakarta.apache.org
- post stories on jakarta news page, theserverside.com, freshmeat.net, www.javaworld.com, 
www.javalobby.com (and follow them up)