Joe - this is great feedback and I agree with everything you say :-)
I'll work on integrating it into the doc over the next couple of days. I
really appreciate your offer of help but, given the way the Wiki/Web
works, it's probably better if I do it and then post to the list asking
for you you to review.
Thanks!
Zo_ë_
Hi Zoe,
Thanks for starting this document. I think every project needs
something like this for unique items that are part of their release
process and as a helpful guide. I'm sure it will continue to evolve
over time (that's been my experience in other projects). Here are a
few comments (I can help add some or all of these to the doc if you'd
like me to).
- Perhaps we need some discussion about pre-release activities. For
example - before a release we typically ensure that everybody is ready
for a release via discussion on the dev list, choose a release
manager, categorize all JIRAs and functions as "must have", "nice to
have", "not needed", etc... for the release and set some target dates.
- I'd recommend adding some information on legal checks such as
running RAT. I know that we have some of this integrated in Apache
Aries so that we can run "mvn rat:check" but I'm not sure if it is
working correctly as it doesn't seem to check everything completely.
- It's nice to have a sample of the vote note to send out and what
must be included it in. We should also include a discussion thread so
that the vote thread can remain focused on just the vote and not get
cluttered with comments & questions.
- We should have some information on what to do when the vote either
fails or succeeds. I'm sure you were planning to add this anyway as
you cover those steps for this particular vote but I'm listing it here
just for completeness.
- Finally, I think we need some post-release activities such as
announcing the release, updated JIRA for new versions and marking the
newly released version as released, etc...
Thanks again,
Joe
On 8/17/10 6:00 AM, zoe slattery wrote:
Hi - As I went through the process of creating the release I created
documentation here:
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/ARIES/ReleasingAries
It should be on the Aries web site in a couple of hours when it's been
synced with the wiki.
It would be really great if people could check the doc - I'd like us to
be in a position where anyone can do a release with minimal effort and I
don't think we are quite there yet :-)
Thanks to everyone who has helped out with this so far!
Zoë
