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1. Create a branch for the release:

    git checkout -b $VERSION-RC
   

2. Set the final release version number in the gradle.properties file
3. Update the copyright year tags in the source files by
   1. Adjusting the year in the updateLicenseHeaderYear task

   2. ./gradlew updateLicenseHeaderYear

4. Modify the HISTORY file

5. Execute a build to update version strings etc. (you may want to skip checks and tests by adding "-x check -x test"):

   ./gradlew clean distribute -x check -x test 

6. Commit the changes
7. Push the branch

    git push -u origin $VERSION
   

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1. Manually inspect contents
2. Test Eclipse import as Gradle project (only complete project; not needed/working for every example)
3. Test build:

   ./gradlew clean build -x check -x test distribute
   

1. Execute all JUnit tests from within Eclipse (this may reveal missing runtime dependencies in Eclipse (.classpath file))

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