This is an automated email from the ASF dual-hosted git repository.

adamsaghy pushed a commit to branch release/1.13.1
in repository https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/fineract.git

commit c2b669dd51a1791c19251969ba11fad2720df76a
Author: Adam Monsen <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Wed Oct 22 07:44:22 2025 -0700

    FINERACT-2397: update release manager docs post-1.13.0 release (#5116)
    
    * release step 6: emphasize "re-run the command above"
    * release step 9: link to Database Setup in e2e or integration section 
(currently links to e2e since `cucumber.adoc` precedes `integration.adoc` in 
`fineract-doc/src/docs/en/chapters/testing/index.adoc`)
    * release step 10: improve rc verify instructions in voting email, based on 
https://lists.apache.org/thread/jk2qzjxc89hd1c8xzvhtmlbbj1m8ktbl - thread: 
"release process improvement (was: 🗳️ 1.13.0 for release)"
    * release step 15: use current mission statement from top-level readme in 
release announcement email
---
 .../src/main/resources/email/release.step10.vote.message.ftl   | 10 ++++------
 .../main/resources/email/release.step15.announce.message.ftl   |  5 +----
 fineract-doc/src/docs/en/chapters/release/process-step06.adoc  |  2 +-
 fineract-doc/src/docs/en/chapters/release/process-step09.adoc  |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/resources/email/release.step10.vote.message.ftl 
b/buildSrc/src/main/resources/email/release.step10.vote.message.ftl
index 96d3fd38d1..cf91d17461 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/resources/email/release.step10.vote.message.ftl
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/resources/email/release.step10.vote.message.ftl
@@ -38,15 +38,13 @@ This vote will be open for 72 hours:
 [ ] +0 no opinion
 [ ] -1 disapprove (and reason why)
 
-Please indicate if you are a binding vote (member of the PMC). Note: PMC 
members are required to download, compile, and test the artifacts before 
submitting their +1 vote.
+Please indicate if yours is a binding vote, and "Verified: YES/NO/PARTIAL".
 
-Please also indicate with "Tested: YES/NO/PARTIAL" if you have locally built 
and/or tested these artifacts and/or a clone of the code checked out to the 
release commit, following the form:
+Verified: YES ... Verified integrity and signatures of release artifacts 
locally, built from source, ran jar/war: Did everything mentioned in the 
current release candidate verification guidance ( 
https://fineract.apache.org/docs/rc/#_artifact_verification ). If you did more 
than that, please specify. "Verified: YES" is required for binding votes.
 
-Tested: YES ... Verified integrity and signatures of release artifacts 
locally, built from source, ran jar/war: Did everything mentioned in the 
current release candidate verification guidance ( 
https://fineract.apache.org/docs/rc/#_artifact_verification ). If you did more 
than that, please specify.
+Verified: NO ... No testing performed on release candidate, e.g. relying on 
testing performed by other contributors and/or output of GitHub Actions, while 
exercising your right to vote.
 
-Tested: NO ... No testing performed on release candidate, e.g. relying on 
testing performed by other contributors and/or output of GitHub Actions, while 
exercising my right to vote.
-
-Tested: PARTIAL ... Please specify.
+Verified: PARTIAL ... Please specify.
 
 Cheers,
 
diff --git 
a/buildSrc/src/main/resources/email/release.step15.announce.message.ftl 
b/buildSrc/src/main/resources/email/release.step15.announce.message.ftl
index e08c44dc28..4ccb8322eb 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/resources/email/release.step15.announce.message.ftl
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/resources/email/release.step15.announce.message.ftl
@@ -23,10 +23,7 @@ the release of Apache Fineract 
${project['fineract.release.version']}.
 The release is available for download from
 https://fineract.apache.org/#downloads
 
-Fineract provides a reliable, robust, and affordable solution for 
entrepreneurs,
-financial institutions, and service providers to offer financial services to 
the
-world’s 2 billion underbanked and unbanked. Fineract is aimed at innovative 
mobile
-and cloud-based solutions, and enables digital transaction accounts for all.
+Apache Fineract is an open-source core banking platform providing a flexible, 
extensible foundation for a wide range of financial services. By making robust 
banking technology openly available, it lowers barriers for institutions and 
innovators to reach underserved and unbanked populations.
 
 This release addressed ${project['fineract.release.issues']?size} issues.
 
diff --git a/fineract-doc/src/docs/en/chapters/release/process-step06.adoc 
b/fineract-doc/src/docs/en/chapters/release/process-step06.adoc
index ed970fd5be..014d175724 100644
--- a/fineract-doc/src/docs/en/chapters/release/process-step06.adoc
+++ b/fineract-doc/src/docs/en/chapters/release/process-step06.adoc
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Create source and binary tarballs.
 ./gradlew clean srcDistTar binaryDistTar
 ----
 
-Check that `fineract-provider/build/classes/java/main/git.properties` exists. 
If so, continue. If not, you're likely encountering 
https://github.com/n0mer/gradle-git-properties/issues/233[this bug], and you 
need to re-run the command above to create proper source and binary tarballs. 
That `git.properties` file is supposed to end up at 
`BOOT-INF/classes/git.properties` in `fineract-provider-{revnumber}.jar` in the 
binary release tarball. Its contents are displayed at the `/fineract-provid 
[...]
+Check that `fineract-provider/build/classes/java/main/git.properties` exists. 
If so, continue. If not, you're likely encountering 
https://github.com/n0mer/gradle-git-properties/issues/233[this bug], and you 
need to *re-run the command above* to create proper source and binary tarballs. 
That `git.properties` file is supposed to end up at 
`BOOT-INF/classes/git.properties` in `fineract-provider-{revnumber}.jar` in the 
binary release tarball. Its contents are displayed at the `/fineract-prov [...]
 
 Look in `fineract-war/build/distributions/` for the tarballs.
 
diff --git a/fineract-doc/src/docs/en/chapters/release/process-step09.adoc 
b/fineract-doc/src/docs/en/chapters/release/process-step09.adoc
index 77fe3e9567..c0d177646f 100644
--- a/fineract-doc/src/docs/en/chapters/release/process-step09.adoc
+++ b/fineract-doc/src/docs/en/chapters/release/process-step09.adoc
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ cd ..
 
 === Run from binary
 
-Before running Fineract you must first start a <<Database support,supported 
relational database server>> and ensure the `fineract_default` and 
`fineract_tenants` databases exist. Detailed steps for database preparation are 
left as an exercise for the reader. You can find ideas on how to prepare your 
database in the `build-mariadb.yml`, `build-mysql.yml`, and 
`build-postgresql.yml` files in source control.
+Before running Fineract you must first start a <<Database support,supported 
relational database server>> and ensure the `fineract_default` and 
`fineract_tenants` databases exist. Detailed steps for database preparation are 
left as an exercise for the reader. You can find ideas on how to prepare your 
database in the `build-mariadb.yml`, `build-mysql.yml`, and 
`build-postgresql.yml` files in source control, and in <<Database Setup>>.
 
 Finally, start your Fineract server:
 

Reply via email to