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commit a8639e456377d8999a2b6e597e6fb1f9701fcc00
Author: Martin Tzvetanov Grigorov <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Wed Mar 26 09:37:23 2025 +0200
Add RELEASE.md - a document explaining how to make a release
Signed-off-by: Martin Tzvetanov Grigorov <[email protected]>
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+# Release of Apache Avro Rust SDK
+
+## Create a Git tag and archive the sources
+```
+# in avro-rs Git clone
+git switch main && git rebase --pull
+git archive HEAD -o apache-avro-rs-0.18.0-RC0.tgz
+git tag -s rel/release-0.18.0-rc0 -m "Avro-rs 0.18.0 RC0 release."
+git push origin rel/release-0.18.0-rc0
+```
+
+Note: make sure your GPG key is in
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/avro/KEYS
+
+## Upload the sources to SVN dev area
+```
+# checkout the 'dev' dist SVN repo
+svn co https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/avro/ dev-avro
+cd dev-avro
+cp .../apache-avro-rs-0.18.0-RC0.tgz .
+sha256sum apache-avro-rs-0.18.0-RC0.tgz > apache-avro-rs-0.18.0-RC0.tgz.sha256
+gpg --armor --output apache-avro-rs-0.18.0-RC0.tgz.asc --detach-sig
apache-avro-rs-0.18.0-RC0.tgz
+svn add apache-avro-rs-0.18.0-RC0.tgz apache-avro-rs-0.18.0-RC0.tgz.sha256
apache-avro-rs-0.18.0-RC0.tgz.asc
+svn ci -m "Add sources of avro-rs 0.18.0 for voting"
+```
+
+## Send an email with similar content to [email protected]:
+```
+[VOTE] Release Apache Avro-rs 0.18.0
+
+Hi everyone,
+
+I'd like to propose the following RC0 to be released as the official
+Apache Avro-rs 0.18.0 release.
+
+The commit id is
https://github.com/apache/avro-rs/commit/9cb265d29351d3d0454bba30662f0066e04c171b
+* This corresponds to the tag: rel/release-0.18.0-rc0
+* https://github.com/apache/avro-rs/releases/tag/rel%2Frelease-0.18.0-rc0
+
+The release tarball, signature, and checksums are here (revision r75797)
+* https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/avro/avro-rs/0.18.0/
+
+You can find the KEYS file here:
+* https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/avro/KEYS
+
+This release includes 17 issues:
+* https://github.com/apache/avro-rs/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aclosed
+
+The easiest way to test the release is:
+* mkdir 0.18.0 && cd 0.18.0
+* wget -q
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/avro/avro-rs/0.18.0/apache-avro-rs-0.18.0-RC0.tgz
+* tar xvf apache-avro-rs-0.18.0-RC0.tgz
+* cargo fmt --check && cargo test
+* (optional) Update your project Cargo.toml to use `apache_avro = { path =
"/path/to/0.18.0/avro" } and test your application
+
+Please download, verify, and test. This vote will remain open for at
+least 72 hours.
+
+[ ] +1 Release this as Apache Avro-rs 0.18.0
+[ ] 0
+[ ] -1 Do not release this because...
+
+Regards,
+Martin
+```
