[FLINK-18521] Add release script for creating snapshot branches

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.12.0
• Component/s: Release System
• Labels: pull-request-available
• Assignee: Chesnay Schepler
• Reporter: Chesnay Schepler
• Created: 07/Jul/20 16:56
• Updated: 24/Jul/20 10:03
• Resolved: 24/Jul/20 10:03

Description

The creation of release branches (e.g., release-1.11) is still an entirely manual step, both involving the creation of the actual git branch and updating the documentation/python/japicmp configuration.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #12847