tl;dr

Once you've done your first release, you'd most probably be more comfortable with +the quick guide to get the release out (nevertheless, all steps are explained below):

Prepare the release

mvn clean install apache-rat:rat -Papache-release               # generates artifacts, checks for AL headers
+mvn release:prepare -DdryRun=true -DautoVersionSubmodules=true  # review pom.xml, confirm only appropiate sections have been changed
+mvn deploy                                                      # deploy a snapshot
+mvn release:clean                                               # prepare the release 1/3
+mvn release:prepare -DautoVersionSubmodules=true                # prepare the release 2/3
+mvn release:perform                                             # prepare the release 3/3
+

+ + +

Close the staging repo

Copy binaries and source to people.apache.org

cd target/checkout
+scp target/jspwiki-builder-X.Y.Z-source-release.zip* username@people.apache.org:~/public_html/jspwiki-X.Y.Z-rc$RC/source
+scp jspwiki-war/target/JSPWiki-* username@people.apache.org:~/public_html/jspwiki-X.Y.Z-rc$RC/binaries
+scp jspwiki-war/target/JSPWiki.war* username@people.apache.org:~/public_html/jspwiki-X.Y.Z-rc$RC/binaries
+find . -name jspwiki-wikipages-*zip* -exec scp {} username@people.apache.org:~/public_html/jspwiki-X.Y.Z-rc$RC/wikipages \
 ;
+

+ + +

Run the vote and, if successful, continue with the items on the list

Publish Nexus repository

Publish binaries and source to the mirrors

Wait for 24 hours, then announce the release

Add the next release version to JIRA

First time release managers

@@ -151,7 +198,7 @@ on people.apache.org, other

Generate artifacts

mvn clean apache-rat:rat install -Papache-release
+mvn clean install apache-rat:rat -Papache-release
 
 
 
@@ -207,10 +254,12 @@ to see the repository.

Copy the bin distribution files and checksums to people.apache.org, -excluding the asc.md5/asc.sha1 files:

find . -name target/*asc.* -exec rm {} \;
-scp target/* username@people.apache.org:~/public_html/jspwiki-X.Y.Z-candidate-$RC
+*Copy the bin distribution files and checksums to people.apache.org:
+cd target/checkout
+scp target/jspwiki-builder-X.Y.Z-source-release.zip* username@people.apache.org:~/public_html/jspwiki-X.Y.Z-rc$RC/source
+scp jspwiki-war/target/JSPWiki-* username@people.apache.org:~/public_html/jspwiki-X.Y.Z-rc$RC/binaries
+scp jspwiki-war/target/JSPWiki.war* username@people.apache.org:~/public_html/jspwiki-X.Y.Z-rc$RC/binaries
+find . -name jspwiki-wikipages-*zip* -exec scp {} username@people.apache.org:~/public_html/jspwiki-X.Y.Z-rc$RC/wikipages \
 ;
 
 
 
@@ -222,15 +271,15 @@ excluding the asc.md5/asc.sha1Send the following to dev@jspwiki.apache.org:
 Subject: [VOTE] Release JSPWiki version X.Y.Z
 
-This is a release for Apache JSPWiki, version X.Y.Z.
+This is a release vote for Apache JSPWiki, version X.Y.Z. The vote will be open for at least 72 hours from now.
 
 It fixes the following issues:
 https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12310732&version=<REPLACE>
 
-*** Please download, test and vote by [3 working days after sending].
-
 Note that we are voting upon the source (tag), binaries are provided for convenience.
 
+Everybody is encouraged to vote.
+
 Source and binary files:
 http://people.apache.org/~<REPLACE>/jspwiki-X.Y.Z-candidate-$RC
 
@@ -239,6 +288,12 @@ excluding the asc.md5/asc.sha1JSPWiki's KEYS file containing PGP keys we use to sign the release:
 http://www.apache.org/dist/jspwiki/KEYS
+
+*** Please download, test and vote:
+
+[ ] +1 Approve the release
+[ ]  0 Don't mind
+[ ] -1 Disapprove the release (please provide specific comments)
 

 
 
@@ -316,7 +371,7 @@ changes on the front page of the site

tl;dr

First time release managers

Add the next release to JIRA

Add the next release version to JIRA