I ran the script and confirmed that it hangs silently when it queries for a password. So that needs to be fixed. Meanwhile, there's a release-1.6-branch created for you to work with.
Karl On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 6:48 PM, Karl Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm running it now; it is not terribly verbose, but you can see what it is > doing by using "top" or the equivalent. > > I can't figure out how to grant permissions to edit the wiki to anyone; I > suggest ask infra if they can point us the way. > > Karl > > > > On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 6:42 PM, Karl Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Ahmet, >> >> A quick response to some of your questions: >> >> (1) I think it is possible that the scripts won't work if you don't have >> a stored password for svn, because they invoke svn copy (yes) but they do >> not permit it to ask for a password. >> (2) The parameters would be: 1.6 1.7 , as you guessed. >> (3) Getting permission to edit confluence may be a challenge; I will see >> if I have privs to grant you the ability to do it. >> >> I think it might be best for the moment if I ran the script to set up the >> release branch. Any objections? but I agree we should work on it to make >> it acceptable for Mac users. >> >> Karl >> >> >> >> On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 5:56 PM, Ahmet Arslan <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Regarding create_release_branch.py and update_release_branch.py, >>> >>> >>> * do they "svn copy" operations too? >>> * where do I run them? >>> * what will be the parameters for this particular release? >>> >>> After I delete my ~subversion/auth, I tried following command but >>> nothing happened. >>> >>> python release-scripts/create_release_branch.py 1.6 1.7 >>> >>> >>> How can I verify these python scripts are working on mac os? >>> >>> >>> >>> Regarding gpg,(I am a new learner with this one), documentation ( >>> http://www.apache.org/dev/openpgp.html#sha1) says we should avoid >>> sha-1. I don't fully digest release.bat but I see sha-1 in it. >>> >>> >>> By the way it seems that I cannot edit confluence, my user name is >>> iorixxx . There are two spam comments in >>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CONNECTORS/HowToBecomeACommitterI >>> want to delete them. >>> >>> >>> Thanks for guidance, >>> Ahmet >>> >>> >>> On Thursday, April 10, 2014 12:44 PM, Karl Wright <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> I just updated the release process document for MCF, because uploading to >>> people.apache.org has now changed to require a public/private key >>> pair. So >>> you will need to generate that too, and make sure your >>> people.apache.orglogin supports login by private key. I've included >>> the link in the wiki >>> page. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Karl >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 8:46 AM, Karl Wright <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> > Hi Ahmet, >>> > >>> > Thanks for volunteering! >>> > >>> > The release process is actually automated with scripts. The scripts, >>> > though, are in part Windows batch files. If you are releasing on >>> Linux you >>> > will want to code the bash versions of these. >>> > >>> > Anyway, please read the following: >>> > >>> > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CONNECTORS/Release+Process >>> > >>> > You will need various tools installed on your release system, AND you >>> will >>> > need to have a signing key. Your public key will need to be added to >>> the >>> > KEYS file included in the release as well as being registered. Please >>> read >>> > this: >>> > >>> > http://www.apache.org/dev/release-signing.html >>> > >>> > Thanks, >>> > Karl >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 7:59 AM, Ahmet Arslan <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > >>> >> Hi Karl, >>> >> >>> >> I am volunteer to be release manager for 1.6 Release. >>> >> I assume http://www.apache.org/dev/release.html is the guide? >>> >> >>> >> Ahmet >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> On Monday, April 7, 2014 3:23 PM, Karl Wright <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >> Hi Folks, >>> >> >>> >> A reminder that MCF 1.6 is due to be released on April 29. This >>> means we >>> >> probably will want our first release candidate in about a week. >>> >> >>> >> There is only one outstanding ticket at the moment, owned by >>> Piergiorgio. >>> >> Please evaluate this ticket and either resolve it or postpone it. >>> >> >>> >> I am also wondering if anyone is interested in being the release >>> manager >>> >> for this release. I've done the last half-dozen releases or so and am >>> >> happy to do another, but it would be good if other committers also had >>> >> some >>> >> release engineering experience, I think. Volunteers? >>> >> >>> >> Karl >>> >> >>> >> >>> > >>> >> >> >
