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Items to do upon creating the release issue

• Fill in the Meta section
• Assign the issue to the release owner and reviewer.
• Name the issue "Release vX.Y.Z"
• Set the proper values for X.Y.Z
• Pin the issue

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Meta

• Release owner: @who
• Release reviewer: @who
• Expected RC date: week of YYYY-MM-DD
• 🚢 Expected final release date: YYYY-MM-DD
• Release PR: <add link once release PR is created>
• Accompanying PR for improving the release process: (example)
• Changelog: https://github.com/ipfs/kubo/blob/master/docs/changelogs/vX.Y.md

Items In Scope

Required

<List of items that MUST be included for the release>

Nice To Have (Optional)

<List of items that MAY be included for the release>