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Subject: svn commit: r1424260 -
 /commons/proper/math/trunk/doc/release/release.howto.txt
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 01:25:53 -0000
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From: erans@apache.org
Message-Id: <20121220012553.A0FC723889FA@eris.apache.org>

Author: erans
Date: Thu Dec 20 01:25:53 2012
New Revision: 1424260

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1424260&view=rev
Log:
Document update.

Modified:
    commons/proper/math/trunk/doc/release/release.howto.txt

Modified: commons/proper/math/trunk/doc/release/release.howto.txt
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/commons/proper/math/trunk/doc/release/release.howto.txt?rev=1424260&r1=1424259&r2=1424260&view=diff
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--- commons/proper/math/trunk/doc/release/release.howto.txt (original)
+++ commons/proper/math/trunk/doc/release/release.howto.txt Thu Dec 20 01:25:53 2012
@@ -5,6 +5,15 @@ The files "settings-security.xml" and "s
 of files used by maven to pick up authentication credentials needed to
 connect to remote servers and to cryptographically sign the artefacts.
 
+(0)
+Preliminary checks:
+ * All Java files must contain a license header. The "RAT" maven plugin will
+   generate a report indicating for which files the license is missing.
+ * For a "minor" release, the library must be backward-compatible. Check all
+   the errors reported by the "Clirr" plugin.
+ * Clear all "CheckStyle" warnings.
+ * Make sure that the construct reported by "FindBugs" are intentional.
+
 
 (1)
 As a first optional step, you can test that everything works locally, i.e.