(airflow) branch v3-1-test updated: [v3-1-test] Simplify release provider procedure (#61446) (#61449)

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     new 46017d3437c [v3-1-test] Simplify release provider procedure (#61446) (#61449)
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commit 46017d3437ccc5c419228f7b4266257ca2a20a89
Author: github-actions[bot] <41...@users.noreply.github.com>
AuthorDate: Thu Feb 5 13:00:03 2026 -0500

    [v3-1-test] Simplify release provider procedure (#61446) (#61449)
    
    (cherry picked from commit 66c801ca2943aa652721cbfaa50ca90c903c26fe)
    
    Co-authored-by: Jarek Potiuk <ja...@potiuk.com>
---
 dev/README_RELEASE_PROVIDERS.md | 10 ++++------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dev/README_RELEASE_PROVIDERS.md b/dev/README_RELEASE_PROVIDERS.md
index 427a10bfde4..3310e561c03 100644
--- a/dev/README_RELEASE_PROVIDERS.md
+++ b/dev/README_RELEASE_PROVIDERS.md
@@ -1285,11 +1285,8 @@ ls ${SOURCE_DIR}/*<provider>*
 # Remove them
 svn rm ${SOURCE_DIR}/*<provider>*
 
-# Create providers folder if it does not exist
-# All latest releases are kept in this one folder without version sub-folder
-cd "${ASF_DIST_PARENT}/asf-dist/release/airflow"
-mkdir -pv providers
-cd providers
+# All latest releases are kept in this providers folder without version sub-folder
+cd "${ASF_DIST_PARENT}/asf-dist/release/airflow/providers"
 
 # Copy your providers with the target name to dist directory and to SVN
 rm -rf "${AIRFLOW_REPO_ROOT}"/dist/*
@@ -1314,7 +1311,8 @@ svn commit -m "Release Airflow Providers on $(date "+%Y-%m-%d%n")"
 ```
 
 Verify that the packages appear in
-[providers](https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/airflow/providers)
+[providers](https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/airflow/providers) and the (always first)
+`apache_airflow_providers-RELEASE_DATE-source.tar.gz` file should have the right RELEASE_DATE.
 
 You are expected to see all latest versions of providers.
 The ones you are about to release (with new version) and the ones that are not part of the current release.