VPP/CommitterTasks/CutRelease

1. Lay tag for “v16.09” on patch that is “last patch in series" (see [[VPP/Pushing_and_Testing_a_Tag| Pushing and Testing a Tag but note NO -rcX suffix!!!)
2. “remerge” patch on that commit - so it creates various artifacts.
   1. Do remerge as per this picture
3. LF then downloads those DEB/RPMs and move to the RELEASE repo
   1. email helpdesk@fd.io with target time and schedule meeting
4. Test install behaviour on currently supported platforms (ie Centos7.2, Ubuntu Trusty, Ubuntu Xenial)
   1. Install binary packages and verify VPP starts on supported VMs without any prior VPP installed
   2. Repeat above but upgrading from prior release of VPP to new release
5. Contact csit-dev to ask how they want to test the new artifacts.