Automating the check is a great idea. For the java release, we generate a git.properties file via a maven plugin which is ultimately used to include git information in the JAR manifest. I’m not sure where in the release process this is being generated and evading our existing steps. David
> On 29 Sep 2021, at 00:12, Jon Malkin <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ah-ha, this seems worth documenting. We do ultimately want an automated RAT > check in C++, too. > > jon > > On Tue, Sep 28, 2021, 3:57 PM David Cromberge <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Unfortunately I have detected an error that is a by-product of the release > process. This causes Apache rat to fail on the uploaded artefacts and not on > the release branch when running manual checks. > > Since nobody has had the chance to vote yet, I'll cancel the vote on > 3.0.0-RC1 and get a fresh RC2 release out in a couple of hours. > > Thank you, > David
