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Expand Up @@ -210,15 +210,6 @@ Next, you have to close the staging repository:
4. At the top, select "Close" and follow the instructions
5. In the comment field, use "Apache Polaris x.y.z RCi"

### Build and staging Docker images

You can now publish Docker images on DockerHub:

```
./gradlew :polaris-server:assemble :polaris-server:quarkusAppPartsBuild --rerun -Dquarkus.container-image.build=true -Dquarkus.container-image.push=true -Dquarkus.docker.buildx.platform="linux/amd64,linux/arm64" -Dquarkus.container-image.tag=x.y.z-rci
./gradlew :polaris-admin:assemble :polaris-admin:quarkusAppPartsBuild --rerun -Dquarkus.container-image.build=true -Dquarkus.container-image.push=true -Dquarkus.docker.buildx.platform="linux/amd64,linux/arm64" -Dquarkus.container-image.tag=x.y.z-rci
```

### Start the vote thread

The last step for a release candidate is to create a VOTE thread on the dev mailing list.
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Helm charts are available on:
* https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/incubator/polaris/helm-chart

Docker images:
* https://hub.docker.com/r/apache/polaris/tags (x.y.z-rci)
* https://hub.docker.com/r/apache/polaris-admin-tool/tags (x.y.z-rci)
NB: you have to build the Docker images locally in order to test Helm charts.

You can find the KEYS file here:
* https://downloads.apache.org/incubator/polaris/KEYS
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svn mv https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/incubator/polaris/helm-chart/x.y.z https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/incubator/polaris/helm-chart
```

NB: you have to update the Helm chart repository index on https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/incubator/polaris/helm-chart/index.yaml
```
svn co https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/incubator/polaris/helm-chart polaris-helm-chart
cd polaris-helm-chart
helm repo index .
svn commit
```

Next, add a release tag to the git repository based on the candidate tag:

```
git tag -a apache-polaris-x.y.z apache-polaris-x.y.z-rci
```

Update GitHub with the release: https://github.com/apache/polaris/releases/tag/apache-polaris-x.y.z

Then release the candidate repository on [Nexus](https://repository.apache.org/#stagingRepositories).

### Publishing the Docker images

You can now publish Docker images on DockerHub:

```
./gradlew :polaris-server:assemble :polaris-server:quarkusAppPartsBuild --rerun -Dquarkus.container-image.build=true -Dquarkus.container-image.push=true -Dquarkus.docker.buildx.platform="linux/amd64,linux/arm64" -Dquarkus.container-image.tag=x.y.z
./gradlew :polaris-admin:assemble :polaris-admin:quarkusAppPartsBuild --rerun -Dquarkus.container-image.build=true -Dquarkus.container-image.push=true -Dquarkus.docker.buildx.platform="linux/amd64,linux/arm64" -Dquarkus.container-image.tag=x.y.z
```

### Publishing docs
1. Open a PR against branch [`versioned-docs`](https://github.com/apache/polaris/tree/versioned-docs) to publish the documentation
2. Open a PR against the `main` branch to update website
Expand All @@ -396,7 +402,7 @@ Then release the candidate repository on [Nexus](https://repository.apache.org/#
To announce the release, wait until Maven Central has mirrored the artifacts.


Send a mail to dev@iceberg.apache.org and announce@apache.org:
Send a mail to dev@polaris.apache.org and announce@apache.org:
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```
[ANNOUNCE] Apache Polaris x.y.z
Expand All @@ -409,8 +415,6 @@ The Apache Polaris team is pleased to announce Apache Polaris x.y.z.

This release can be downloaded https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/incubator/polaris/apache-polaris-x.y.z.

Release notes: https://polaris.apache.org/blog/apache-polaris-x.y.z

Artifacts are available on Maven Central.

Apache Polaris is an open-source, fully-featured catalog for Apache Iceberg™. It implements Iceberg's REST API, enabling seamless multi-engine interoperability across a wide range of platforms, including Apache Doris™, Apache Flink®, Apache Spark™, Dremio®, StarRocks, and Trino.
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