Fix NEWS.txt link in prepare template and use full urls in finish
diff --git a/cassandra-release/finish_release.sh b/cassandra-release/finish_release.sh
index 290e4ac..c18bacf 100755
--- a/cassandra-release/finish_release.sh
+++ b/cassandra-release/finish_release.sh
@@ -199,8 +199,8 @@
echo "" >> $mail_file
echo "Enjoy!" >> $mail_file
echo "" >> $mail_file
-echo "[1]: (CHANGES.txt)" >> $mail_file
-echo "[2]: (NEWS.txt)" >> $mail_file
+echo "[1]: CHANGES.txt $asf_git_repo?p=cassandra.git;a=blob_plain;f=CHANGES.txt;hb=refs/tags/cassandra-$release" >> $mail_file
+echo "[2]: NEWS.txt $asf_git_repo?p=cassandra.git;a=blob_plain;f=NEWS.txt;hb=refs/tags/cassandra-$release" >> $mail_file
echo "[3]: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA" >> $mail_file
@@ -212,10 +212,8 @@
echo " 4) update the website (~/Git/hyde/hyde.py -g -s src/ -d publish/)" # TODO - this is old info and needs updating..
echo " 5) update CQL doc if appropriate"
echo " 6) update wikipedia page if appropriate"
-echo " 7) send announcement email: draft in $mail_dir/mail_release_$release, misses short links for"
-echo " > CHANGES.txt: $asf_git_repo?p=cassandra.git;a=blob_plain;f=CHANGES.txt;hb=refs/tags/cassandra-$release"
-echo " > NEWS.txt: $asf_git_repo?p=cassandra.git;a=blob_plain;f=NEWS.txt;hb=refs/tags/cassandra-$release"
-echo " 8) update #cassandra topic on irc (/msg chanserv op #cassandra)"
+echo " 7) send announcement email: draft in $mail_dir/mail_release_$release"
+echo " 8) update #cassandra topic on slack"
echo " 9) tweet from @cassandra"
echo " 10) release version in JIRA"
echo " 11) remove old version from people.apache.org (in /www/www.apache.org/dist/cassandra and debian)"
diff --git a/cassandra-release/prepare_release.sh b/cassandra-release/prepare_release.sh
index 710006c..9a2a7ff 100755
--- a/cassandra-release/prepare_release.sh
+++ b/cassandra-release/prepare_release.sh
@@ -222,6 +222,6 @@
echo "The vote will be open for 72 hours (longer if needed)." >> $mail_file
echo "" >> $mail_file
echo "[1]: CHANGES.txt: $asf_git_repo?p=cassandra.git;a=blob_plain;f=CHANGES.txt;hb=refs/tags/$release-tentative" >> $mail_file
-echo "[2]: NEWS.txt: $asf_git_repo?p=cassandra.git;a=blob_plain;f=CHANGES.txt;hb=refs/tags/$release-tentative" >> $mail_file
+echo "[2]: NEWS.txt: $asf_git_repo?p=cassandra.git;a=blob_plain;f=NEWS.txt;hb=refs/tags/$release-tentative" >> $mail_file
echo "Mail written to $mail_file"
