svn commit: r1652892 - /incubator/nifi/site/trunk/content/development/release-guide.md

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Author: joewitt
Date: Mon Jan 19 03:14:32 2015
New Revision: 1652892

URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1652892
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--- incubator/nifi/site/trunk/content/development/release-guide.md (original)
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@@ -66,8 +66,18 @@ The following is a list of the sorts of
   - Once a vote is accepted within the NiFi PPMC for a release candidate then the vote is sent to the IPMC
   - If the IPMC rejects the vote then the issues are resolved and a new RC prepared and voted upon within the PPMC
   - If the IPMC accepts the vote then the release is 'releasable' and can be placed into the appropriate 'dist' location, maven artifacts released from staging.
+  
+## The mechanics of the release
 
+### Prepare your environment
+  - Follow the steps outlined in the [Quickstart Guide][quickstart-guide]
+        
+>At this point you're on the latest 'develop' branch and are able to build the entire application
 
+  - Create a new branch based on a JIRA ticket for the release task
+
+
+[quickstart-guide]: http://nifi.incubator.apache.org/development/quickstart.html
 [release-manager]: http://www.apache.org/dev/release-publishing.html#release_manager
 [apache-license]: http://apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 [apache-license-apply]: http://www.apache.org/dev/apply-license.html