[bookkeeper] branch master updated: Update release guide to remove old releases after a new release is completed

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     new a5b0c6e  Update release guide to remove old releases after a new release is completed
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commit a5b0c6ece4a29d134ec2b2327821d880b42b19f9
Author: Sijie Guo <si...@apache.org>
AuthorDate: Tue Feb 27 18:07:46 2018 -0800

    Update release guide to remove old releases after a new release is completed
    
    Descriptions of the changes in this PR:
    
    Address comments at #1213
    
    Author: Sijie Guo <si...@apache.org>
    
    Reviewers: Enrico Olivelli <eo...@gmail.com>
    
    This closes #1215 from sijie/update_release_guide
---
 site/community/release_guide.md | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/site/community/release_guide.md b/site/community/release_guide.md
index d7b01d2..cd8fff1 100644
--- a/site/community/release_guide.md
+++ b/site/community/release_guide.md
@@ -472,6 +472,23 @@ Copy the source release from the `dev` repository to the `release` repository at
 
     svn move https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/bookkeeper/bookkeeper-${VERSION}-rc${RC_NUM} https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/bookkeeper/bookkeeper-${VERSION}
 
+According to [ASF policy](http://www.apache.org/legal/release-policy.html#when-to-archive), `/www.apache.org/dist` should contain the latest release in each branch that
+is currently under development. We need to remove the old releases from `release` repository.
+
+For example, if 4.6.1 is a newer release, we need to remove releases older than 4.6.1.
+
+
+    ```shell
+    // go to the directory checkout from `svn co https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/bookkeeper`
+    $ cd bookkeeper
+
+    // delete old releases
+    $ svn rm <old-release>
+
+    // commit the change
+    $ svn commit -m "remove bookkeeper release <old-release>"
+    ```
+
 ### Update Website
 
 1. Create the documentation for `${VERSION}`. Run the `release.sh` to generate the branch for `${VERSION}` and bump

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