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 # Eclipse Che release process
 
+##### 0. Create new issue for the release
+
+Use this template, eg., for VERSION = 7.8.0 and BRANCH = 7.8.x:
+
+<!-- 
+RELEASE-TEMPLATE-BEGIN
+
+### Release status
+| Owner | Process | Script | Artifact(s) |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| <ul><li>[ ] @azatsarynnyy</li></ul>| [che-theia](https://github.com/eclipse/che-theia/blob/master/RELEASE.md) | [***MANUAL***](https://github.com/eclipse/che-theia/blob/master/RELEASE.md) | `quay.io/eclipse/che-theia` |
+| <ul><li>[ ] @nickboldt</li></ul>| [che-machine-exec](https://github.com/eclipse/che-machine-exec/blob/master/RELEASE.md) | [make-release.sh](https://github.com/eclipse/che-machine-exec/blob/master/make-release.sh) | `quay.io/eclipse/che-machine-exec` | 
+| <ul><li>[ ] @ibuziuk / @nickboldt</li></ul>| che-plugin-registry | ***MANUAL*** | `quay.io/eclipse/che-plugin-registry` | 
+| | | | <ul><li>[ ] Copy nightly/next versions of che-theia & machine-exec as `$VERSION` to master and `$BRANCH` branches</li></ul>| 
+| <ul><li>[ ] @nickboldt</li></ul>| [che-devfile-registry](https://github.com/eclipse/che-devfile-registry/blob/master/RELEASE.md) | [RELEASE.sh](https://github.com/eclipse/che-devfile-registry/blob/master/RELEASE.sh) | `quay.io/eclipse/che-devfile-registry` | 
+| <ul><li>[ ] @vparfonov / @mkuznyetsov</li></ul>| [che-parent](https://github.com/eclipse/che/blob/master/RELEASE.md) | [***MANUAL***](https://github.com/eclipse/che/blob/master/RELEASE.md) | 
+| <ul><li>[ ] @vparfonov / @mkuznyetsov</li></ul>| [che-docs](https://github.com/eclipse/che/blob/master/RELEASE.md) | [***MANUAL***](https://github.com/eclipse/che/blob/master/RELEASE.md) | 
+| <ul><li>[ ] @vparfonov / @mkuznyetsov</li></ul>| [che](https://github.com/eclipse/che/blob/master/RELEASE.md) | [***MANUAL***](https://github.com/eclipse/che/blob/master/RELEASE.md) | 
+| <ul><li>[ ] @davidfestal</li></ul>| [che-operator](https://github.com/eclipse/che-operator/blob/master/RELEASE.md) | [make-release.sh](https://github.com/eclipse/che-operator/blob/master/make-release.sh) | `quay.io/eclipse/che-operator` | 
+| | | | Community operator PRs: <ul><li>[ ] Kubernetes</li><li>[ ] OpenShift</li></ul>| 
+| <ul><li>[ ] @tolusha</li></ul>| [chectl](https://github.com/che-incubator/chectl/blob/master/RELEASE.md) | [make-release.sh](https://github.com/che-incubator/chectl/blob/master/make-release.sh) |
+
+RELEASE-TEMPLATE-END
+-->
+
 ##### 1. Create branch for release preparation and next bugfixes:
 * `git branch {branchname} #e.g 7.7.x`
 * `git push --set-upstream origin {branchname}`