Website deployed from calcite@ff085891a215301572e8a85589119ba9e493dbe4
diff --git a/docs/history.html b/docs/history.html
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 Downloads are available on the
 <a href="/downloads/">downloads page</a>.</p>
 
-<h2 id="v1-31-0">
-<a href="https://github.com/apache/calcite/releases/tag/calcite-1.31.0">1.31.0</a> / 2022-MM-DD</h2>
-
-<h4 id="breaking-1-31-0">Breaking Changes</h4>
-
-<ul>
-  <li>[<a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CALCITE-4936">CALCITE-4936</a>]
-Generalize <code class="highlighter-rouge">FilterCalcMergeRule</code>/<code class="highlighter-rouge">ProjectCalcMergeRule</code> to accept any <code class="highlighter-rouge">Filter</code>/<code class="highlighter-rouge">Project</code>/<code class="highlighter-rouge">Calc</code> operator</li>
-</ul>
-
-<h4 id="new-features-1-31-0">New features</h4>
-
-<h4 id="fixes-1-31-0">Bug-fixes, API changes and minor enhancements</h4>
-
-<h4 id="build-1-31-0">Build and test suite</h4>
-
-<h4 id="dependency-1-31-0">Dependency version upgrade</h4>
-
-<h4 id="site-1-31-0">Web site and documentation</h4>
-
 <h2 id="v1-30-0">
 <a href="https://github.com/apache/calcite/releases/tag/calcite-1.30.0">1.30.0</a> / 2022-03-20</h2>
 
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       <li><code class="highlighter-rouge">./gradlew testSlow</code></li>
     </ul>
   </li>
-  <li>Add release notes to <code class="highlighter-rouge">site/_docs/history.md</code>. Include the commit history,
-and say which versions of Java, Guava and operating systems the release is
-tested against.</li>
+  <li>Add release notes to <code class="highlighter-rouge">site/_docs/history.md</code>. If release notes already exist for the version to be released, but
+are commented out, remove the comments (``). Include the commit history,
+names of people who contributed to the release, and say which versions of Java, Guava and operating systems the
+release is tested against.</li>
   <li>Make sure that
 <a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20CALCITE%20AND%20status%20%3D%20Resolved%20and%20fixVersion%20is%20null">
 every “resolved” JIRA case</a> (including duplicates) has