Thanks for the tips, Nikita. I'm going to revert the changes and try again. I'll update with how far I get.
On Mon, Jun 1, 2026 at 8:20 AM Nikita Timofeev <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Michael. > > The instructions should be good overall, I use them verbatim every time. > What's definitely missing are the common problems and how to fix them. > > Usually I go with `mvn release:rollback` first. > If `rollback` can't run (likely because there is no release descriptor), I > manually revert the commit performed by the `prepare` stage. > Then check if the tags are still present and remove both local and remote > if they exist. > Once everything is reverted I start `release:prepare` again. > > If `release:perform` fails too, I try to repeat it first, sometimes it's > just a nexus timeout or something. > If the error persists I just repeat the same rollback -> prepare -> perform > cycle. > > Hope this helps. Tell me if you need some more info or support. > > On Mon, Jun 1, 2026 at 12:02 AM Michael Gentry <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Sadly, still broken for me. > > > > On Sun, May 31, 2026 at 2:40 PM Andrus Adamchik <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > This worked for me, so I deleted the tag: > > > > > > git push origin :cayenne-parent-5.0-M2 > > > ... > > > - [deleted] cayenne-parent-5.0-M2 > > > > > > Maybe it will work now for you, that the old tag is gone? > > > > > > Andrus > > > > > > > > > > On May 31, 2026, at 2:31 PM, Michael Gentry <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > This command failed on me: > > > > > > > > mvn release:prepare -DpreparationGoals="clean install" > > > > -DautoVersionSubmodules=true > > > > > > > > I worked past the error and ran the command again, but it failed > > because > > > it > > > > couldn't create the tag because the tag already exists. Somehow it > > > created > > > > the tag. So, I tried deleting the tag, but now I'm getting: > > > > > > > > [mrg@odin 14:15:58] ~/Projects/cayenne master> git push origin > > > > :cayenne-parent-5.0-M2 > > > > ERROR: Permission to apache/cayenne.git denied to mrg. > > > > > > > > Same error when I use: > > > > > > > > git push --delete origin cayenne-parent-5.0-M2 > > > > > > > > Any suggestions? Or does someone else have a smoother path to take > > over? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > mrg > > > > > > > > PS. The tag got created when I had used HTTPS as the clone method. I > > > > couldn't delete the tag that way, either (GitHub doesn't support > > > user/pass > > > > credentials), so I deleted the repo and checked out using SSH, which > is > > > > when I get the permissions error. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, May 31, 2026 at 1:29 PM Michael Gentry <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > >> Hi Andrus, I'm working on it. Trying to resolve errors. I suspect > the > > > >> release guide is a little bit out of date. > > > >> > > > >> On Sun, May 31, 2026 at 9:20 AM Andrus Adamchik < > [email protected]> > > > >> wrote: > > > >> > > > >>> Hey Mike, wanted to check how things are going with the release. > > Eager > > > to > > > >>> start using M2 and committing more cleanup code :) > > > >>> > > > >>> If you don't have time for it now, not a problem too. Just let us > > know. > > > >>> Nikita and myself should be able to jump in. > > > >>> > > > >>> Andrus > > > >>> > > > >>>> On May 25, 2026, at 8:06 PM, Michael Gentry <[email protected]> > > > >>> wrote: > > > >>>> > > > >>>> I should be able to start it Tuesday afternoon. > > > >>>> > > > >>>> On Sun, May 24, 2026 at 5:47 PM Andrus Adamchik < > > [email protected]> > > > >>> wrote: > > > >>>> > > > >>>>> I think at this point we are ready to release M2. It has a huge > new > > > >>> scope > > > >>>>> - a complete new agentic coding stack. > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> Mike, do you still have time to prepare the release? > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> Thanks, > > > >>>>> Andrus > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>>> On Apr 17, 2026, at 11:00 AM, Michael Gentry < > [email protected] > > > > > > >>>>> wrote: > > > >>>>>> > > > >>>>>> Hi Nikita, > > > >>>>>> > > > >>>>>> I don't think there is an urgency to get M2 out, so if the > > > outstanding > > > >>>>> PRs > > > >>>>>> make sense to include in M2, I think it is OK to wait on them. > > > >>>>>> > > > >>>>>> Thanks, > > > >>>>>> mrg > > > >>>>>> > > > >>>>>> > > > >>>>>> On Tue, Apr 14, 2026 at 8:18 AM Nikita Timofeev < > > > >>>>> [email protected]> > > > >>>>>> wrote: > > > >>>>>> > > > >>>>>>> Several PRs are waiting for me, but nothing is too critical, so > > we > > > >>> may > > > >>>>> go > > > >>>>>>> ahead with M3. > > > >>>>>>> Instructions are all good, I use them every time. > > > >>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>> On Tue, Apr 14, 2026 at 2:37 AM Andrus Adamchik < > > > [email protected] > > > >>>> > > > >>>>>>> wrote: > > > >>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>>>> I just filed all my taxes > > > >>>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>>> Congrats! Which reminds me - I am still waiting for my numbers > > > from > > > >>> the > > > >>>>>>>> accountants :) > > > >>>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>>>> so I have some free cycles now if there is > > > >>>>>>>>> anything I can do to help. > > > >>>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>>> How about publishing the release. @Nikita - do you have > anything > > > in > > > >>> the > > > >>>>>>>> queue we'd need to deal with before M2 that can't be moved to > > M3? > > > >>> Also > > > >>>>>>>> anything missing in the release instructions at > > > >>>>>>>> https://cayenne.apache.org/dev/release-guide.html ? > > > >>>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>>> Andrus > > > >>>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>>>> On Apr 13, 2026, at 6:16 PM, Michael Gentry < > > [email protected] > > > > > > > >>>>>>> wrote: > > > >>>>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>>>> I just filed all my taxes, so I have some free cycles now if > > > there > > > >>> is > > > >>>>>>>>> anything I can do to help. > > > >>>>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>>>> On Mon, Apr 13, 2026 at 5:08 PM Andrus Adamchik < > > > >>> [email protected]> > > > >>>>>>>> wrote: > > > >>>>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>>>>> Not too many significant new features in M2 so far, though > > > quite a > > > >>>>> few > > > >>>>>>>> bug > > > >>>>>>>>>> fixes. So yeah, we probably should do it. > > > >>>>>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>>>>>> On Apr 13, 2026, at 4:45 PM, Michael Gentry < > > > [email protected] > > > >>>> > > > >>>>>>>> wrote: > > > >>>>>>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>>>>>> Is it time for a 5.0.M2? > > > >>>>>>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>>>>>> I noticed the M1 was released 2024-09-09 and that seems a > > long > > > >>> time > > > >>>>>>>>>> ago... > > > >>>>>>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>>>>>> Thanks, > > > >>>>>>>>>>> mrg > > > >>>>>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>> -- > > > >>>>>>> Best regards, > > > >>>>>>> Nikita Timofeev > > > >>>>>>> > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Best regards, > Nikita Timofeev >
