From 7b0e687ecd92fd6d61f47e175ee21e473e94e37d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andy Grove <agrove@apache.org>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 10:28:01 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] docs: move release process docs to contributor guide

---
 docs/source/contributor-guide/index.md        |  1 +
 .../contributor-guide/release_process.md      | 37 ++++++++++---------
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
 rename dev/release/README.md => docs/source/contributor-guide/release_process.md (92%)

diff --git a/docs/source/contributor-guide/index.md b/docs/source/contributor-guide/index.md
index f5ebc43ed3..2b6842e449 100644
--- a/docs/source/contributor-guide/index.md
+++ b/docs/source/contributor-guide/index.md
@@ -39,5 +39,6 @@ Profiling Native Code <profiling_native_code>
 Spark SQL Tests <spark-sql-tests.md>
 SQL File Tests <sql-file-tests.md>
 Roadmap <roadmap.md>
+Release Process <release_process>
 Github and Issue Tracker <https://github.com/apache/datafusion-comet>
 ```
diff --git a/dev/release/README.md b/docs/source/contributor-guide/release_process.md
similarity index 92%
rename from dev/release/README.md
rename to docs/source/contributor-guide/release_process.md
index 5a57b289bf..07a9ec892f 100644
--- a/dev/release/README.md
+++ b/docs/source/contributor-guide/release_process.md
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
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 # Apache DataFusion Comet: Release Process
@@ -80,11 +80,12 @@ Create a PR against the main branch to prepare for developing the next release:
 ### Generate the Change Log
 
 Generate a change log to cover changes between the previous release and the release branch HEAD by running
-the provided `generate-changelog.py` script.
+the provided `generate-changelog.py` script from the `dev/release` directory.
 
 It is recommended that you set up a virtual Python environment and then install the dependencies:
 
 ```shell
+cd dev/release
 python3 -m venv venv
 source venv/bin/activate
 pip3 install -r requirements.txt