anchor.diff:    gradle clean uploadArchives -PmavenUsername="<APACHE-LDAP-USERNAME>" -PmavenPassword="<APACHE-LDAP-PASSWORD>"
   ----
   +
  -Go to the link:https://repository.apache.org/\#stagingRepositories[staging repository]
  -and look for ‘orgapachekudu-####’ in the staging repositories list. You can
  -check the ‘content’ tab at the bottom to make sure you have all of the expected
  -stuff (client, various integrations, etc). Hit the checkbox next to your new
  -staging repo and hit “close”. Enter something similar to “Apache Kudu 1.x.y-RC1”
  -into the description box and confirm. Wait a minute or two and hit refresh, and
  -your staging repo should now have a URL shown in its summary tab (eg
  -`https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachekudu-1005`)
  -
  -. Add your PGP key to the KEYS file:
  +Go to the link:https://repository.apache.org/\#stagingRepositories[staging
  +repository] and look for ‘orgapachekudu-####’ in the staging repositories list.
  +You can check the ‘content’ tab at the bottom to make sure you have all of the
  +expected stuff (client, various integrations, etc). Hit the checkbox next to
  +your new staging repo and hit “close”. Enter something similar to “Apache Kudu
  +1.x.y-RC1” into the description box and confirm. Wait a minute or two and hit
  +refresh, and your staging repo should now have a URL shown in its summary tab
  +(eg `https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachekudu-1005`)
  +
  +. Create a new folder containing the
  +  link:https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/kudu/[release SVN
  +  repository]. For a release to be made official, it must eventually be put in
  +  this repository. Add your PGP key to the KEYS file:
   +
   ----
   svn co https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/kudu/ kudu-dist-release
  
positive.code: 
  . Release the staged Java artifacts. Select the release candidate staging
    repository in link:https://repository.apache.org/#stagingRepositories[Nexus],
    and click 'Release'.
  
  . Release the Python artifacts. You will need to setup an account on link:https://PyPi.org[PyPi.org]
    and ask to be added to the kudu-python PyPi project if you have not done this before.
  
negative.code: 
  . Build a source tarball against the RC branch.
  
  . Create a new folder containing the
    link:https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kudu/[dev Subversion (SVN)
    repository]. Copy the artifacts to this folder and commit.
  +
  ----
    svn co --depth=immediates https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kudu/ kudu-dev-release
  