Author: marrs
Date: Thu Apr 17 15:13:14 2014
New Revision: 1588277
URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1588277
Log:
Small updates to the release guide to better align with the 2.0.1 release I
just staged.
Modified:
ace/site/trunk/content/dev-doc/release-guide.mdtext
Modified: ace/site/trunk/content/dev-doc/release-guide.mdtext
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ace/site/trunk/content/dev-doc/release-guide.mdtext?rev=1588277&r1=1588276&r2=1588277&view=diff
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--- ace/site/trunk/content/dev-doc/release-guide.mdtext (original)
+++ ace/site/trunk/content/dev-doc/release-guide.mdtext Thu Apr 17 15:13:14 2014
@@ -17,21 +17,24 @@ To create a release you *must*:
Before you can start staging a release candidate, you must:
-* Make sure there are no dependencies on snapshots/unreleased versions;
+* make sure there are no dependencies on snapshots/unreleased versions;
* double check that the version you want to create is correctly filled in in
<tt>build/build.xml</tt>;
-* create a tagged version of the sources in preparation of the release
candidate.
+* create a tagged version of the sources in preparation of the release
candidate:
+
+ ::sh
+ svn copy https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/ace/trunk/
https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/ace/releases/X.Y.Z -m "Release X.Y.Z"
## Staging a release candidate
Staging a release starts by checking out a tagged version of the sources:
:::sh
- $ svn co https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/ace/tags/ace-sources-X.Y.Z
ace-sources-X.Y.Z
+ $ svn co https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/ace/releases/X.Y.Z ace-X.Y.Z
The next step is to build the software and create the archives:
:::sh
- $ cd ace-sources-X.Y.Z/build
+ $ cd ace-X.Y.Z/build
$ ant
$ ant package
@@ -53,7 +56,6 @@ be done using "svnpubsub" which is taken
Start a vote on the [email protected] list, for example (be sure to replace
<tt>X.Y.Z</tt> with the *correct* version!):
- :::sh
To: "Apache ACE developers list" <[email protected]>
Subject: [VOTE] Release ACE version X.Y.Z
@@ -111,11 +113,6 @@ following target:
:::sh
$ ant promote-to-release
-Then update the tag in subversion, for example for the *X.Y.Z* release like
this:
-
- :::sh
- $ svn move https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/ace/tags/ace-sources-X.Y.Z
https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/ace/releases/ace-sources-X.Y.Z -m "Apache ACE
release X.Y.Z tagged."
-
Now wait at least 24 hours to allow the release to be properly mirrored and
then update the news and download page on the Apache ACE website and announce
the release:
@@ -128,6 +125,10 @@ the release:
This release is available from our download page at:
http://ace.apache.org/downloads.html
+After announcing the release, please update the baseline bundles contained in
+trunk/cnf/releaserepo based on the released artifacts (remove old versions,
keep
+only the latest one).
+
## Cancelling the release
