On Sat, Sep 30, 2017 at 6:57 AM, Daniel Dekany <ddek...@apache.org> wrote: > Saturday, September 30, 2017, 12:28:39 PM, Daniel Dekany wrote: > >> Saturday, September 30, 2017, 3:39:24 AM, Woonsan Ko wrote: >> >>> On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 2:49 PM, Daniel Dekany <ddek...@apache.org> wrote: >>>> Monday, September 25, 2017, 7:23:14 PM, Woonsan Ko wrote: >>>> >>>>> I'd like to volunteer for that. >>>>> Assuming there's a voting process, I guess the release process will >>>>> happen next week or afterward, right? >>>> >>>> The actual release yes, but the duty of the Release Manager is to take >>>> care of the whole process. That's starting with checking if the thing >>>> is ready and publishing it internally for a preview, then achieving >>>> community consensus (which for us means a voting on dev@freemarker, >>>> and if that passes then another voting on general@incubator), then >>>> actually pushing the distribution. But >>>> http://freemarker.org/committer-howto.html#making-releases describes >>>> all these steps. (There are also official resources like >>>> http://www.apache.org/dev/#releases and >>>> http://incubator.apache.org/guides/releasemanagement.html, but the >>>> point of the how-to is that you don't have to read them.) >>>> >>>> As you will note if you read the above, you will need a PGP signature >>>> and certain rights to commit into some repos and to do things on >>>> Nexus. So you will have to start with requesting those rights. >>> >>> I've added mine to KEYS files in >>> dist.apache.org/repos/dist/{dev,release}/incubator/freemarker/. >> >> I'm not a PGP expert at all, so I really don't know if these have any >> practical implications, but two things that I'm not sure about: >> >> - Wouldn't it be better to stick to only one of the two public keys? >> >> - The pub header in KEYS looks kind of unusual. It used to be like >> "pub 4096R/82667DC1 2014-07-17", where the 82667DC1 is used on >> several places to refer to the public key, like in sig-s and all. >> >> Last not least, someone from the ASF who knows you in person should >> sign the key that you release with. The Ring of Trust thing, you >> know... (I guess it's good enough if I do it, when the above key >> question is settled.) >> >>> And, I was able to log on the Nexus and browse repository and staging >>> repository. >>> The next is to follow "The steps of making a release" section? >> >> I'm just investigating some backward compatibility issue, > > Fixed it. > > BTW, before starting the vote, let me look at the upload/staged thing. > Just in case... it's less "paper work" to fix any oversight then.
Certainly! :-) Regards, Woonsan > >> but otherwise yes. (I have updated it a bit BTW.) Are you using some >> kind of instant messaging or chat room or such? E-mail will be too >> slow I think. (Screen sharing and voice can come handy as well >> sometimes. If you happen to use Skype, I'm there.) >> >> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Woonsan >>> >>>> >>>>> I'm asking this because my laptop got broken before the last week >>>>> and I'm waiting for a new laptop to be delivered this week. If it is >>>>> next week or afterward, I'll be prepared properly. >>>> >>>> If in the light of the above you are still willing to do this, I will >>>> wait. >>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> >>>>> Woonsan >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 2:12 PM, Daniel Dekany <ddek...@freemail.hu> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> Could somebody with commit rights volunteer for this? We have a >>>>>> step-to-step guide >>>>>> (http://freemarker.org/committer-howto.html#making-releases), and I >>>>>> would be present to help with this (through Skype or whatever you >>>>>> prefer). I want to see (and demonstrate) that in case I'm gone someone >>>>>> else can do a release. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks a lot! >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Best regards, >>>>>> Daniel Dekany >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Thanks, >>>> Daniel Dekany >>>> >>> >> > > -- > Thanks, > Daniel Dekany >
