The following steps should be taken when cutting a release:

PRE-STEPS
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- SVN-update trunk/.
- Make sure any junk under trunk/ is cleaned out (e.g. quick-test files, example/interop builds etc.).
- Jalopy all code (make sure imports are optimized).
- In log4j.properties file under src/webapp/WEB-INF/classes, change log level for project package (e.g. org.apache.ws) to INFO.
- Update project version in project.xml, at top and in deps (e.g. update wsrf dep in pubscribe).
- SVN-commit trunk/.

BUILD
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- Run "maven dist" from trunk/ (dist will automatically run "clean" first).
- Verify dist structure is "clean" and run through the quick start guide as a sanity check.
- WinSCP the project jar (under trunk/target/) to minotaur:/www/www.apache.org/dist/java-repository/<project>
- PGP-sign the dist zipfiles (bin and src)...the script sign-release.bat can be used for this, but you will need to update it with your name.
- Using WinSCP, copy dist zipfiles and asc, md5, and KEYS files to your public_html dir in your home directory on Apache.
- Send out release proposal VOTE email to dev list.

POST-VOTE
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- Using WinSCP, copy dist zipfiles and asc, md5, and KEYS files to minotaur:/www/www.apache.org/dist/ws/<project>.
- To create a branch for the release, SVN-copy contents of trunk/ to branches/X.Y/, e.g.:
  svn copy https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/webservices/wsrf/trunk https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/webservices/wsrf/branches/1.0

WEBSITE
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- Add download links for the distributions to downloads page.
- Add announcement in News section of project home page.
- SVN-update site/.
- SVN-delete contents of site/ (optional).
- Copy contents of trunk/target/website/ to site/.
- SVN-commit site/.
- SSH to minotaur and cd into the /www/ws.apache.org/<project> dir and issue the command "svn up";
  NOTE: It will take up to four hours for website updates to be propagated to the actual web server.

POST-STEPS
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- In log4j.properties file under src/webapp/WEB-INF/classes, change log level for project package (e.g. org.apache.ws) to DEBUG.
- Update project version to X.Z-SNAPSHOT in project.xml, at top and in deps (e.g. update wsrf dep in pubscribe).
- Build a project jar with the new SNAPSHOT version number.
- WinSCP the project jar (under trunk/target/) to minotaur:/www/cvs.apache.org/repository/<project>.