Remove section about including cherry-picks in RC email announcements (#1555)
@meteorcloudy @kshyanashree
diff --git a/docs/release-playbook.md b/docs/release-playbook.md
index de643a0..a259421 100644
--- a/docs/release-playbook.md
+++ b/docs/release-playbook.md
@@ -104,19 +104,16 @@
apt-get repository. The github link is probably of the form:
https://releases.bazel.build/3.6.0/rc1/index.html
-1. If that worked, click on the "Generate announcement mail text" step to unblock it.
- If it's the first release candidate, prepare the release announcement (see
- next section).
+1. Send out an email to `bazel-dev@googlegroups.com` and `bazel-discuss@googlegroups.com` about the new release candidate. E.g.:
+ * Subject: Bazel 6.1.0 release candidate 1 is available for testing
+ * Body:
+ ```
+ Bazel 6.1.0rc1 is now available for those that want to try it out.
-1. Copy & paste the generated text into a new email and send it. If you're
- creating a new release candidate, reply to the previous e-mail to keep all
- the information in one thread.
- * The first line is the recipient address.
- * The second line is the subject.
- * The rest is the body of the message.
- * Replace the generated notes with a link to the release announcement draft.
- `https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pu2ARPweOCTxPsRR8snoDtkC9R51XWRyBXeiC6Ql5so/edit`
- * **Note:** When creating rcX where X>2, only list out cherry-picks added between rcX and rc(X-1) in the email - i.e. for clarity and conciseness, don't list out all cherry-picks in every email.
+ You can download it from: https://releases.bazel.build/6.1.0/rc1/index.html
+
+ Please report regressions to https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/issues as soon as possible.
+ ```
1. Add a comment to the release GitHub issue announcing that a new RC is out. See [example](https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/issues/16159#issuecomment-1333775711).