Release Checklist

We have a handful of tasks that need to be done every time we release. Make sure each of these are completed at release time!

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Update changes.md to include any changes that went into this release. Prefix any backwards-incompatible changes with Breaking change.
Update all example code in the onyx-examples repository.
Update the version of Onyx used in onyx-starter.
Update the version of Onyx used in onyx-template.
Update the version of Onyx used in onyx-plugin.
Write release notes in doc/release-notes if this is a major version. We typically use this to summarize the theme of the release.
Ensure that the build matrix for Onyx is all green. This includes the master and release branch of all plugins and associated projects as passing. Further, if any projects run a compatibility branch to test Onyx's edge revision, ensure that their tests are passing too.
Run the local performance benchmark by invoking lein test in the onyx-benchmark project. This is just a smoke test. We shouldn't see any major regressions here.
Run the full AWS cloud benchmark overnight. Examine the graphs in Grafana and make sure there are no performance regressions. Ensure that the test is running for a long period of time to detect memory leaks.

Tweet from the OnyxPlatform account.
Announce on Gitter and Slack.
Make a post on Reddit /r/clojure.
Make a post on the Google Clojure group.
Post to HackerNews if the release has substantially new features or performance gains.
Send out a newsletter.

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