On 3 February 2015 at 07:53, Brent Atkinson <brent.atkin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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? > Done :-) > > 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? > Yup must be here: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/continuum/KEYS Note ATM there is no more sync between Archiva instance and maven central via people.a.o See https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-8762 I will ping regarding setup that... > > 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 > -- Olivier Lamy http://twitter.com/olamy | http://linkedin.com/in/olamy
