| Task | 2.3.0.RC0 | 2.3.0 | 2.4.0.RC0 | 2.4.0 | 2.4.2 | 2.5.0.RC0 | 2.5.0 | 2.6.0.RC0 | 2.6.0 | 3.0.0.alpha0 | 
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| release notes | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | N/A | 
| tag code | x | x |   | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 
| bump internal version number | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 
| bump web version number | x | x | x | x | x | N/A | x | N/A | x | N/A | 
| announce on web site | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |   |   | 
| publish installers | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 
| update 3rd party dependencies | N/A | N/A | x | x | N/A | x | x | N/A |   | N/A | 
| regression test suite | x | x | x | x | N/A | x | x | x | x | N/A | 
| reset regression test suite | x |   | x | x | N/A |   | x | x | x | N/A | 
| platform tests | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 
| test building from source | x | x | x | x |   | x | x | N/A | x | N/A | 
| update closed bug milestones | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | N/A | 
| Install on CISL systems |   |   |   | x |   | N/A |   | N/A |   | N/A | 
| WRF users announcement |   | x |   | x |   | x | x |   |   |   | 
| Push man pages to drupal |   |   | x | x | N/A | x | x | N/A | x | N/A | 
| UCAR Update announcement |   |   | x |   | N/A |   | N/A |   | N/A | N/A | 
| Merge release branch into master | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | x | N/A |