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.. note:: The following steps are repeated for the beta(s), release
candidates(s) and the final release.
+Check the release notes
+-----------------------
+Check that the release notes are up-to-date, and mention at least the
+following:
+- major new features
+- deprecated and removed features
+- supported Python versions
+- for SciPy, supported NumPy version(s)
+- outlook for the near future
+
Create the release "tag"
------------------------
::