sijie closed pull request #1215: Update release guide to remove old releases
after a new release is completed
URL: https://github.com/apache/bookkeeper/pull/1215
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diff --git a/site/community/release_guide.md b/site/community/release_guide.md
index d7b01d2fe..cd8fff155 100644
--- a/site/community/release_guide.md
+++ b/site/community/release_guide.md
@@ -472,6 +472,23 @@ Copy the source release from the `dev` repository to the
`release` repository at
svn move
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/bookkeeper/bookkeeper-${VERSION}-rc${RC_NUM}
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/bookkeeper/bookkeeper-${VERSION}
+According to [ASF
policy](http://www.apache.org/legal/release-policy.html#when-to-archive),
`/www.apache.org/dist` should contain the latest release in each branch that
+is currently under development. We need to remove the old releases from
`release` repository.
+
+For example, if 4.6.1 is a newer release, we need to remove releases older
than 4.6.1.
+
+
+ ```shell
+ // go to the directory checkout from `svn co
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/bookkeeper`
+ $ cd bookkeeper
+
+ // delete old releases
+ $ svn rm <old-release>
+
+ // commit the change
+ $ svn commit -m "remove bookkeeper release <old-release>"
+ ```
+
### Update Website
1. Create the documentation for `${VERSION}`. Run the `release.sh` to generate
the branch for `${VERSION}` and bump
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