SAMZA-831: prepare for 0.10.0 release candidate
diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
index 72a56ea..7bfd8a4 100644
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@
# Make sure you have your GPG key generated and added to KEYS file. GPG tools: https://gpgtools.org/
# Setup your personal website on Apache: http://www.apache.org/dev/new-committers-guide.html
+And before you proceed, do the following steps:
+
+ # create a branch $VERSION from the latest master branch
+ # update the gradle.property s.t. the following property is $VERSION w/o the suffix '-SNAPSHOT':
+ version=$VERSION
+
Validate that all Samza source files have proper license information in their header.
./gradlew check
