Polishing release procedures.

README.adoc

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 2. With the release tagged, update the release branch to the newly created tag.
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-% git checkout -b release-3.1.x
+% git checkout release-3.1.x
 % git reset --hard <tag>
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@@ -64,13 +64,7 @@ But part of the release process requires a local check, which DOES depend upon y
 % git push -f origin release-3.1.x
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-5. For milestones and release candidates, verify the artifacts on artifactory.
-6. For releases, login to maven central.
-* Verify the release.
-* Close the repository.
-* Release the repository.
-7. Announce on VMware Slack.
-8. Once completed, push the `3.1.x` branch for next version's snapshots.
+. Once completed, push the `3.1.x` branch for next version's snapshots.
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 % git checkout 3.1.x