#previousReleaseDate($mathtool.sub($major, 1), "previousRCReleaseDate")

Use these icons to mark the release progress:  not done,  done,  not done for a good reason (explain reason)

•  Verify that no tests are failing on the CI Server (or that failures are understood, see known flickering tests, don't forget to update the dates of last seen flickers).
• Verify that the xwiki-commons's top level POM has a xwiki.compatibility.previous.version property correctly pointing to the latest stable (non-milestone) release and if not, change it.
•  Verify that there are no JIRA issues with commits for this branch and that are not closed
• Make sure next version exists on jira projects (JIRA releases are done automatically in the build):
  • Commons JIRA
  • Rendering JIRA
  • Platform JIRA
• Verify that there are no open issues on JIRA for version $version and that there are no open Blockers.
• Log on the release machine, set up your identity, update the release scripts and set the correct Java version
• Update translations
• Build the release
•  Publish computed list of updated languages in the Release Notes for version $version
•  Publish code contributors list in the Release Notes for version $version
•  Publish backward compatibility reports in the Release Notes for version $version
• Clean up your identity
•  Verify that there are no missing documentation for closed JIRA issues for version $version
•  Ensure that the Release Notes are complete and nice-looking for version $version
•  Set the Release date + Release flag in the Release Notes for version $version by editing with the object editor.
•  Force rebuild of the Debian repository index
•  Update the Download page (Use bullets points for the major features to make it easy to read; Update/Bump the LTS if doing a final major version release, i.e. new cycle)
• Force extensions update
• Create blog post on xwiki.org
• Update the API doc, including Rendering
•  Update Wikipedia (en), Wikipedia (fr) only if this version is bigger than the existing one.
•  Update Wikimatrix, with your own account, only if this version is bigger than the existing one.
• Announce on the Forum
• Announce on Twitter with the xwikiorg account
•  Update the Release Plan page to move yourself to the bottom of the list for your next release.
•  Ensure that the release date in this Release Plan corresponds to the date when the git release was done
•  Update the release date on the Roadmap page for non bugfix releases and move the roadmap items to the archive page (for final releases)
• Update the XWiki official Docker images