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 Release Preparation
 ===================
 
-As release date approaches and development slows visit the `jira versions dashboard <https://jira.opencord.org/projects/VOL?selectedItem=com.atlassian.jira.jira-projects-plugin%3Arelease-page&status=unreleased>`.
+Jira Tickets
+------------
+As release date approaches and development slows visit the `jira versions dashboard <https://jira.opencord.org/projects/VOL?selectedItem=com.atlassian.jira.jira-projects-plugin%3Arelease-page&status=unreleased>`_.
+
 - Create a new dashboard for the future release candidate.
-- Visit the current release candidate and move all unresolved tickets into the future desktop.
+- Visit the current released candidate version and move all unresolved tickets into the future desktop.
 - On release day click the [Release] button to close out the desktop.
+
+Confluence
+----------
+Create a `release tracking page` <https://wiki.opennetworking.org/display/VOLTHA/v2.12>`_ in confluence, there are a lot of details
+
+- Jira tickets related to release and VOLTHA builds.
+- Jenkins jobs: state, failures and tickets.
+- Versions and build state of dependent apps and packages (also merged into release notes).
+
+docs.voltha.org
+---------------
+- Create a stub `release notes <https://docs.voltha.org/master/release_notes/voltha_2.12.html>`_ page beneath `docs.voltha.org/release_notes <https://docs.voltha.org/master/release_notes/index.html>`_ (`HOWTO <https://docs.voltha.org/master/howto/release/release-notes.html>`_