M5

•  Final documentation completed
•  RI cookbook completed
•  Remaining Jira issues assigned to the release closed or pushed to next release
•  Prepare release artifacts
  •  Tag the version of artifacts to be released
    •  releng job updated to use release branch instead of master
  •  Release manager collects artifact references from PTLs and communicates those to releng
  •  Releng moves artifacts to hosting location and provides URLs to RM
  •  RM verifies URLs
  •  RM provides confirmed URL list to website manager (aka Brandon) for publication on the website
•  Standalone project testing completed
•  Release content finalized
•  Creation and submission of marketing highlights
•  Finalize version numbering for RM, RA1, RA2
•  Traceability matrix updated

M4

•  RI validation testing completed. The lead for each RI presents the validation plan and results to the TSC.
•  Proofreading completed. 
•  High priority Jira issues resolved (closed or assigned to future release)

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