Steps for cutting a release

In advance

Prepare release notes i doc/source/releasenotes/<codename>.rst
Prepare an annoucement email such as https://docs.google.com/document/d/1G7_uexx7q82UvGO26HEU2YZz8X0wtdsu5_zZP0R_a74/edit
ensure all the bugs that neeeds to be fixed are fixed
ensure the review queue is the way you want

Commit the last changeset needed in the release.
Verify the tar ball produced by the jenkins job https://jenkins.openstack.org/view/Ceilometer/job/ceilometer-sdist-tarball/ by downloading it from http://tarballs.openstack.org/ceilometer/
Go to https://review.openstack.org/#/admin/projects/stackforge/ceilometer,branches and check the HEAD revision in master.
Populate the form with the new branch name ("stable/folsom") and revision (from the HEAD of master, shown on the same page just above the form for making the branch). DO NOT SUBMIT YET.
Check out HEAD of master. Run "git pull" to make sure you're at the latest version.
Tag using the version number & push it. You must have administrative permission on the stackforge/ceilometer project in gerrit to do this (nijaba, dhellmann, jd__).

	git tag -s $VERSION
	git push gerrit --tags

Increment the version number in setup.py and push it through review until it merges.
Go back to the Gerrit UI and make the branch. Make sure you are using the revision *prior* to incrementing the version number.
Check github for the tag and branch. This may take a few minutes. Don't panic.
Check the tar ball directory for the new version number. This may take a few minutes. Don't panic.
Celebrate!