[jira] [Created] (HBASE-25359) create-release scripts releasedocmaker step should be optional

["Andrew Kyle Purtell (Jira)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Andrew Kyle Purtell created HBASE-25359:
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             Summary: create-release scripts releasedocmaker step should be optional
                 Key: HBASE-25359
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-25359
             Project: HBase
          Issue Type: Improvement
            Reporter: Andrew Kyle Purtell


The create-release scripts assume, when invoking releasedocmaker and performing surgery on CHANGES.md and RELEASENOTES.md during the 'tag' stage, that the current RC step is RC0. The entirety of the generated CHANGES.md and RELEASENOTES.md files are stitched in at the head, just below the ASF notice. If we are at a RC step that is not zero, wouldn't this duplicate all CHANGES.md and RELEASENOTES.md content for the release? There would be all the content added for RC0, then the same content (with delta) added for RC1, and so on. 

For this reason the releasedocmaker invocation should itself be optional.

For RC steps > 0, assume the RM has updated CHANGES.md and RELEASENOTES.md to reflect the delta. 



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