For team review, here is the release procedure I used in putting out Jetspeed 2.3.1 earlier this year
http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/portals/jetspeed-2/portal/trunk/docs/release/RELEASE-PROCEDURE.txt <http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/portals/jetspeed-2/portal/trunk/docs/release/RELEASE-PROCEDURE.txt>
