Thanks Kathey and Rick for writing up the details and answering. I only have the option to do the build on Windows. So, please bear with me. Overall, I do feel the process is moved the complexity around and beyond.
Personally, I am really glad we start to look into this. Looking forward to making this a easier process for all the Derby users, Lily On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 9:09 AM, Katherine Marsden < [email protected]> wrote: > On 1/31/2013 10:19 AM, Rick Hillegas wrote: > >> Hi Lily, >> >> I think you're talking about a 10.9.2 release. Can you let us know which >> parts of the release instructions seem more complicated? I can help improve >> the instructions if you let me know which parts are most confusing. >> >> I think in terms of the documentation (and the process) I noticed > several major themes in my failed attempts to put a release together. I > am sorry I did not take better notes in detail. > > 1) The process seems fragile on Windows. > DERBY-5461, DERBY-5463, DERBY-5460 and difficulty integrating an md5sum > tool combined with the chaining of steps together and problems restarting > if something fail due to the made my build something of a patch work > effort, but I did get it out by working around these issues. On the > publication, there is was trouble on windows due to line endings. I don't > really like the fact that it tried to svn commit without letting me review > my change. > > 2) It would be good to make the documentation more concise. > It is somewhat long, winding and repetitive. There is not a clear > numbering system for the steps and I found I would struggle through with a > step that was briefly mentioned only to find I should have done it later > and was given more detailed information. The interleaving of > instructions from old releases makes it confusing too. I think it would be > ok to just take this out prior to 10.9, but have to admit sometimes having > the old instructions was helpful in moving forward. > > > 3)The process itself seems more complicated and extensive. > Maybe this is again just a function of one and two and the fact that > every time I got an afternoon to look at it, I would collide with something > else, but the process itself seems to have become more complicated and > extensive. (was it 22 pages vs 4 or 5 when I did a 10.5 release?) > > I would say at least stay away from Windows if trying to make a release, > but I don't think that is an option for Lily. > > Best > > Kathey > > > Thanks, >> -Rick >> >> On 1/31/13 9:51 AM, Lily Wei wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi: >>> >>> The release process and procedure had definitely turns out to be more >>> involved than I participated. Compare to the previous release I did, I have >>> to say I am having problem just follow the instruction. >>> >>> Derby is a wonderful product and technology to be more involved. >>> Therefore, I am seeking help from Derby developers. If I can do the build >>> for 10.9.1.0, can someone else help me with publishing and rest of the >>> tasks? For a minimum, we definitely should have clear instruction for more >>> Derby developers to follow. Hopefully, easy to follow steps and procedure >>> can proceed most of the time. >>> >>> Any suggestion is welcome. >>> >>> Thank you so much, >>> >>> Lily >>> >>> >> >> >
