+1 for all Emmanuel
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 7:48 AM, Brett Porter <br...@apache.org> wrote: > Hi, > > I've committed some changes that I'd like reviewed to go forward with which > makes Maven releases easier. > > 1) see http://maven.apache.org/docs/2.0.11-RC1-SNAPSHOT/release-notes.html > (may > not be present yet due to proxying), and relevant commits in that RC branch > > 2) see commits in site branch. > > The basic approach is this: > > * push all release notes into docs/$version/release-notes.html instead of > the consolidated older format and add a page to list them in order > > * move the release notes for all future versions of Maven into the Maven > tree itself. This means that you can create/edit them as they are a snapshot > without messing up the site, and publish them automatically with the > release. > > * set the release up to publish the above site and javadoc/xref at release > perform time (this is before the vote, but as it is versioned it is not > going to be live) > > * consolidate all version specification for the main site in pom.xml, so > only those properties need to be edited (I removed 2.1.x, so we have the > currentStableVersion - 2.2.0, current20xVersion - 2.0.10, and a list of all > releases for generating the previous release notes, + corresponding dates > for the current releases) > > * remove use of symlink for "current" and instead filter those properties > into .htaccess > > This means that to do a release, assuming it works (which I'll test with > 2.0.11), it's only the release:prepare / perform cycle + upload binaries to > www.apache.org (to be automated) + site/pom.xml edit and site-deploy. > > The downside of the separate site approach is that the release notes drop > the main navigation (but there is a "Documentation" link back to the main > site). I don't think this is a bad thing. > > Any objections to continuing this approach with Maven 2.2.x, and perhaps > making similar attempts on the plugins? > > Cheers, > Brett > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > >
