From 337499d772b0dbc11b2e6cc09ffa9805ee8afb2b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sergey <s.bondarev@southbridge.ru>
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2020 09:41:47 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Remove hashes only for EOL version in RELEASE cycle. (#5924)

---
 RELEASE.md | 15 ++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
index 1ec05e0ed..e99e6f87e 100644
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -5,13 +5,14 @@ The Kubespray Project is released on an as-needed basis. The process is as follo
 1. An issue is proposing a new release with a changelog since the last release
 2. At least one of the [approvers](OWNERS_ALIASES) must approve this release
 3. The `kube_version_min_required` variable is set to `n-1`
-4. An approver creates [new release in GitHub](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubespray/releases/new) using a version and tag name like `vX.Y.Z` and attaching the release notes
-5. An approver creates a release branch in the form `release-X.Y`
-6. The corresponding version of [quay.io/kubespray/kubespray:vX.Y.Z](https://quay.io/repository/kubespray/kubespray) docker image is built and tagged
-7. The `KUBESPRAY_VERSION` variable is updated in `.gitlab-ci.yml`
-8. The release issue is closed
-9. An announcement email is sent to `kubernetes-dev@googlegroups.com` with the subject `[ANNOUNCE] Kubespray $VERSION is released`
-10. The topic of the #kubespray channel is updated with `vX.Y.Z is released! | ...`
+4. Remove hashes for [EOL versions](https://github.com/kubernetes/sig-release/blob/master/releases/patch-releases.md) of kubernetes from `*_checksums` variables.
+5. An approver creates [new release in GitHub](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubespray/releases/new) using a version and tag name like `vX.Y.Z` and attaching the release notes
+6. An approver creates a release branch in the form `release-X.Y`
+7. The corresponding version of [quay.io/kubespray/kubespray:vX.Y.Z](https://quay.io/repository/kubespray/kubespray) docker image is built and tagged
+8. The `KUBESPRAY_VERSION` variable is updated in `.gitlab-ci.yml`
+9. The release issue is closed
+10. An announcement email is sent to `kubernetes-dev@googlegroups.com` with the subject `[ANNOUNCE] Kubespray $VERSION is released`
+11. The topic of the #kubespray channel is updated with `vX.Y.Z is released! | ...`
 
 ## Major/minor releases and milestones
 
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