Release-Checklist.md

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   -  to update the OpenAPI Generator Online's Dockerfile to use the stable version. (script `bin/utils/release_version_update.sh` can be used)
   -  to disable bin/ensure-up-to-date.sh in shippable for the time being.
 
+- Add a quick announcement on the Gitter channel (one day before)
+
 ## Release
 
-- merge the "prepare PR"
+- merge the "prepare release" PR
 - git tag the merged commit
 - publish the release notes
 
-CI:
+The CI (travis) will perform:
 - push the JAR to maven repository (automatically done by the CI)
 - push the Docker images to DockerHub.com (automatically done by the CI)
+- add tag (e.g. 2.3.0) to docker image in Docker Hub (done automatically by CI)
 
 ### Input for the Release notes:
 
@@ -26,14 +29,32 @@ CI:
 
 Draft release in GitHub can be used for internal review with the team.
 
+### Checks
+
+Check status of the tag build on travis CI.
+
+Tests:
+
+* Check DockerHub: 
+  -  https://hub.docker.com/r/openapitools/openapi-generator-cli/tags/
+  -  https://hub.docker.com/r/openapitools/openapi-generator-online/tags/
+* Check maven central:
+  -  Run a small maven project using the `openapi-generator-maven-plugin` central plugin
+  -  Run a small gradle project: `modules/openapi-generator-gradle-plugin/samples/local-spec`, according to the `README.md` there, do some test with `-PopenApiGeneratorVersion=<version>`
+
+
 ## After Release
 
-- update versions to next SNAPSHOT version  (e.g. [#285](https://github.com/OpenAPITools/openapi-generator/pull/285)). Script `bin/utils/release_version_update.sh` can be used. **Be careful** this script creates changes that need to be reverted.
-- re-enable bin/ensure-up-to-date and update the Petstore samples accordingly
-- update README (e.g. [167b2f5](https://github.com/openapitools/openapi-generator/commit/167b2f59b811ba6780976a6e6764c1edf75a30f7), [1029b69](https://github.com/openapitools/openapi-generator/commit/1029b692e5fcfc2600433a85613ba42e2646826d))
-- update OpenAPI Generator Maven Plugin README (modules/openapi-generator-maven-plugin/README.md) (e.g. [9c79297]( https://github.com/openapitools/openapi-generator/commit/9c79297d6a073790a90b6efedd32e8bebd177828))
-- update Homebrew formula to use the latest version, e.g. https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/pull/28921
-- ~~update https://generator.swagger.io to run the latest version of OpenAPI Generator~~
-- add tag (e.g. 2.3.0) to docker image in Docker Hub (done automatically by CI)
-- update [milestones](https://github.com/openapitools/openapi-generator/milestones)
-- use Twitter account "oas_generator" to announce the new release
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+* File a PR "Prepare next snapshot version":
+  - update versions to next SNAPSHOT version  (e.g. [#285](https://github.com/OpenAPITools/openapi-generator/pull/285)). Script `bin/utils/release_version_update.sh` can be used. **Be careful** this script creates changes that need to be reverted.
+  - re-enable bin/ensure-up-to-date and update the Petstore samples accordingly
+  - update README (e.g. [167b2f5](https://github.com/openapitools/openapi-generator/commit/167b2f59b811ba6780976a6e6764c1edf75a30f7), [1029b69](https://github.com/openapitools/openapi-generator/commit/1029b692e5fcfc2600433a85613ba42e2646826d))
+  - update OpenAPI Generator Maven Plugin README (modules/openapi-generator-maven-plugin/README.md) (e.g. [9c79297]( https://github.com/openapitools/openapi-generator/commit/9c79297d6a073790a90b6efedd32e8bebd177828))
+
+* update Homebrew formula to use the latest version, e.g. https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/pull/28921
+* ~~update https://generator.swagger.io to run the latest version of OpenAPI Generator~~
+* update [milestones](https://github.com/openapitools/openapi-generator/milestones)
+
+* Announcements:
+  - use Twitter account "oas_generator" to announce the new release
+  - gitter channel
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