This fills me with foreboding for doing a release again someday :( On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 6:19 PM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com>wrote:
> To release Codec 1.8, I just tried following > https://commons.apache.org/releases/prepare.html > > In particular: > > "Before you close< > http://www.apache.org/dev/publishing-maven-artifacts.html#close-stage>the > staging repository you must remove the tarballs/zips together with > their PGP signatures and checksums using the Nexus web interface. While you > are at it you can also remove the checksums Nexus created for the PGP > signatures of the remaining artifacts, they are not needed at all." > > So I dutifully deleted .md5 and sha1 files and guess what? I messed it up > by deleting all MD5 and SHA1 files instead of just this one and that one > out of the 61 files that are presented in the UI. Frak! So beware, our > release process sucks rocks and does not do it well, as it has for years. > > :( > > Gary > > -- > E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org > Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition< > http://www.manning.com/bauer3/> > JUnit in Action, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/tahchiev/> > Spring Batch in Action <http://www.manning.com/templier/> > Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com > Home: http://garygregory.com/ > Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory >
