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+# Release Process
+
+- update CHANGELOG.txt
+- if `persistence/schema.sql` has changed since last release:
+	- bump ENGINE_DATABASE_VERSION in `persistence/versions.go`
+	- add an entry to MIGRATIONS in `persistence/versions.go`