Hello, As I going to start the release procedure for Maven Core I have a bunch of questions. I see that the procedure is slightly different from the procedure for plugins ([1]), but actually the main differences are about the way we stage the release artifacts and the finalization phase, the core of the processs will be release:prepare and release:perform as usual.
So I will run "mvn:perform" and I will copy the artifacts to [4], that is in a directory named 3.6.2 (I see that Karl used 3.6.0 last time for 3.6.1, maybe it was a typo). I will run manually the integration tests against the binary artifacts generated and perform my self tests, if I have some problem can I drop the get tag and the staged repository or should I ban "3.6.2" tag forever and move immediately to 3.6.3 ? I see that Karl last time ([2]) sent a mail slightly different from the template [3] shall I use that email as template ? How does website staging works for Maven Core ? I see no specific instructions here in [6], I think the directory for Maven Core staging is [7] (According to the component-reference-documentation-helper tool). I have also found this script from Hervé, see [9], it runs the same commands as in the "common" procedure Release notes: I can't find release notes for 3.6.0 and 3.6.1 on svn [8], have the sources been moved to another location ? on some git repo ? Should I prepare the release notes before then I cut the release and send the VOTE, or can I create them during the finalization of the release ? It will take time to write those notes, but I also think that writing the release notes helps a lot in understanding the effective contents of the release. I have started a new build of master branch now, in order to perform a final check up, see[5]. I am sorry if this list was so long but I feel it is a big responsibility to cut a release of Maven core and I want to be sure I am understanding clearly what I am doing. Please do not push changes to master branch and let me drive all of the commits until the release procedure is completed. Best regards Enrico Olivelli [1] https://maven.apache.org/developers/release/maven-core-release.html [2] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/249091304adb6366845ba115fb3d1d9d358682630ab4a51df0d4bf67@%3Cdev.maven.apache.org%3E [3] https://maven.apache.org/developers/release/maven-project-release-procedure.html [4] https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/maven/maven-3/$VERSION. Then once the vote passed, svn move to https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/maven/maven-3/3.6.2 [5] https://builds.apache.org/job/maven-box/job/maven/job/master/279/ [6] https://maven.apache.org/developers/website/deploy-component-reference-documentation.html [7] https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/website/components/ref/3-LATEST/ [8] https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/site/trunk/content/markdown/docs/ [9] https://github.com/apache/maven/blob/master/deploySite.sh [10] https://maven.apache.org/docs/3.6.1/release-notes.html
