Added a new section called 'Preparing the vote of the PPMC on the release'.
Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-site/repo Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-site/commit/0a755959 Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-site/tree/0a755959 Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-site/diff/0a755959 Branch: refs/heads/overhauling-release-guide Commit: 0a755959e587b5729b2aad0861610154e0b53f1a Parents: 0c4c337 Author: Oliver B. Fischer <[email protected]> Authored: Sun Jul 9 00:56:55 2017 +0200 Committer: Oliver B. Fischer <[email protected]> Committed: Sat Aug 26 11:54:47 2017 +0200 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- content/release-guide.adoc | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-site/blob/0a755959/content/release-guide.adoc ---------------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/content/release-guide.adoc b/content/release-guide.adoc index 5636ac4..9dfbeae 100644 --- a/content/release-guide.adoc +++ b/content/release-guide.adoc @@ -95,12 +95,46 @@ actual release process. // Oliver B. Fischer, 2017-07-08 // ---- -Rewritten until here +=== Preparing the vote of the PPMC on the release + +If you are sure that everything is ready for the +next release you can start the vote of the PPMC +on the proposed release. + +[IMPORTANT] +==== +Keep in mind that preparing the release +really means only to prepare the release by +uploading it to the dev area of the +https://dist.apache.org[distribution +server of the Apache project^] and to a staging +repository of https://repository.apache.org[Apache's Nexus^]. + +You must not publish the artifacts created during +the preparation of the release until the IPMC as well +as the PPMC of Apache Tamaya have approved the release. +==== + +Before you can present the proposed release to the +IPMC of the Apache Incubator, the proposd release must be +approved by the PPMC of the Tamaya project. + +Therefore you must run a vote on the proposed release +by creating a vote candidat in the Git repository of +the project, uploading the source distribution +to the dev area of the distribution server of the Apache +project and uploading the Maven artifacts to a staging +repository in Apache's Nexus. This sounds complicated +but it isn't that complicated if you follow the steps +of this guide. --- +Rewritten until here +--- + +//==== Creating a vote candidat in the Git repository * Create a release branch in git and switch to this branch:
