Hi devs, This weekend I was able to close out the last of the defects that were scheduled for 1.5 moving them to 1.4.3. I left the remaining tasks and feature work in 1.5.
I would like to stage a release candidate for a 1.4.3 release if there are no objections, but I had some unresolved questions. 1.) According to http://continuum.apache.org/development/release.html: The release will be staged in > https://archiva-repository.apache.org/archiva/repository/continuum-releases/. > You will need to set your user credentials for the Archiva repository in > the <servers> section of yoursettings.xml file, under the > archiva-repository.releases server ID. I created an account on archiva-repository, but I believe I will need write access to stage during release:perform. How do I get privileges or is it unnecessary? 2.) I'm guessing that in during the release process, when the profile is apache-release profile is activated, artifacts are signed using GPG. Do I have to configure anything for this to work properly, such as configure usage of particular keys? 3.) According to http://continuum.apache.org/development/release.html: After the vote has passed, remove versions that no longer need to be > downloaded from mirrors. What is the criteria for removal? I tried searching for an answer to this, but came up empty. --- My understanding is that 3 is only important only after completing the process, but I believe I will need to resolve 1 and 2 to stage a release. I would love to update the relevant docs to clarify the points and start the process as soon as possible. I would be grateful for any help with this, Brent
