anchor.diff:  NOTE: We no longer publish using the maven release plugin.
   Instead we do +mvn deploy+.
   It seems to give us a backdoor to maven release publishing.
  -If there is no _-SNAPSHOT_                            on the version string, then we are 'deployed' to the apache maven repository staging directory from which we can publish URLs for candidates and later, if they pass, publish as release (if a _-SNAPSHOT_ on the version string, deploy will put the artifacts up into apache snapshot repos).
  +If there is no _-SNAPSHOT_ on the version string, then we are 'deployed' to the apache maven repository staging directory from which we can publish URLs for candidates and later, if they pass, publish as release (if a _-SNAPSHOT_ on the version string, deploy will put the artifacts up into apache snapshot repos).
   +
   If the HBase version ends in `-SNAPSHOT`, the artifacts go elsewhere.
   They are put into the Apache snapshots repository directly and are immediately available.
  
positive.code: $ for i in *.tar.gz; do echo $i; gpg --print-md SHA512 $i > $i.sha ; done
  $ for i in *.tar.gz; do echo $i; gpg --armor --output $i.asc --detach-sig $i  ; done
  $ cd ..
  # Presuming our 'version directory' is named 0.96.0RC0, now copy it up to people.apache.org.
  $ rsync -av 0.96.0RC0 people.apache.org:public_html
  ----
  +
  Make sure the link:http://people.apache.org[people.apache.org] directory is showing and that the mvn repo URLs are good.
  Announce the release candidate on the mailing list and call a vote.
  
  
  
negative.code: Update _CHANGES.txt_ with the changes since the last release.
  Make sure the URL to the JIRA points to the proper location which lists fixes for this release.
  Adjust the version in all the POM files appropriately.
  If you are making a release candidate, you must remove the `-SNAPSHOT` label from all versions
  in all pom.xml files.
  If you are running this receipe to publish a snapshot, you must keep the `-SNAPSHOT` suffix on the hbase version.
  The link:http://mojo.codehaus.org/versions-maven-plugin/[Versions
                              Maven Plugin] can be of use here.
  