trivial: added note re. this file being outdated
limitations under the License.
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+*NOTE*: The information in this file is outdated since [OAK-5007](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OAK-5007) aligned this module's release cycle with the rest of Oak.
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+*TODO*: Remove or update this file once we clarified the release modalities for Segment Tar wrt. Oak 1.8
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# Release HOWTO
This HOWTO explains how to release Oak Segment Tar. I describe the steps required to release version `$VERSION`, assuming that the latest released version is `$PREV` and the next is `$NEXT`.
