On 07/04/2017 Marcus wrote:
Am 06.04.2017 um 00:11 schrieb Patricia Shanahan:
If it needs to be done early, put it early in the document.

Tagging is not to be done early. We tag retroactively, once a RC is approved.

I don't care about the Github mirror very much, since it is unofficial, poorly maintained, it shows wrong numbers and it even stopped working for many months last year. That said, the issue Matthias raised affect SVN too, so it is still relevant:

http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/openoffice/tags/

Also note: Github "releases" based on tags are not the same as our official releases; it's the same source code of course, but there are minor packaging details. So the Github releases in themselves (like the Github repository overall) have no value. Ask me to expand if this is unclear.

Let's create a new section like
"Build Preparations" and put the following stuff (and more, of course)
there:
- How to create new SVN tag?

Again, this happens retroactively, when a specific RC is voted. At that point, you simply SVN copy the branch to the tag.

How do you do this?

1. Double-check what version was built (for 4.1.3 it's Rev. 1761381, you find it even in the About Box); of course, if this happens during the release process, the Release Manager knows it.

2. Find the relevant branch in http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/openoffice/branches/ (in this case it's AOO413 and revision number is indeed 1761381) and check it is aligned (it is, since the two revisions match).

3. SVN copy the branch to the tag. You can do it locally but it's much more efficient to do it remotely. So, from anywhere on a machine with SVN access, just run:

$ svn copy https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/openoffice/branches/AOO413 https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/openoffice/tags/AOO413 -m "AOO revision 1761381 from branch AOO413 was voted to be released as Apache OpenOffice 4.1.3 in October 2016"

Committed revision 1790662.

This results in the new tag appearing at http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/openoffice/tags/ (while at it I fixed the missing 4.1.3 tag, so I did run the command above).

- How to check out code?

Just "svn checkout" the relevant branch. Starting with 4.1.3 we have been using dedicated branches, so naming is now obvious (we had been reusing branches in precedence, like AOO410 was used for 4.1.0, 4.1.1 and 4.1.2). Branches are listed at http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/openoffice/branches/

So:

$ svn checkout https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/openoffice/branches/AOO413

- How to do a build with release options?

Use the scripts at
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/openoffice/devtools/build-scripts/

The 4.1.2 scripts are correct, for 4.1.3 it is unreliable since people uploaded there scripts that were not used for building. See

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/96b7085351f7ab7975ac56c5bc7c42852b8a888da53e0a67864d3396@%3Cdev.openoffice.apache.org%3E

- Where/How to upload pre-build releases?

When they are RCs, they belong in the dev area. See

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/05d175d207b2bdc1ed83c8c4884630e91663a953daf12fe8612e98c5@%3Cdev.openoffice.apache.org%3E

Regards,
  Andrea.

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