All, This helper still applies for RC2.
Thanks Joe On Sun, Dec 6, 2015 at 11:14 PM, Joe Percivall <[email protected]> wrote: > I actually had a problem unzipping this package on Windows. I tried unzipping > in my Downloads folder and it gave me a "Path Too Long" error. Both the > built-in Windows extractor and WinZip failed to un-package it. Turns out that > once a path goes above a certain number of characters the extraction fails, > you can see more in this youtube video [1]. > > > I moved the zip to my root directory I was able to unpackage the zip file. > [1] https://youtu.be/60aQwGvC5Bs > > Joe > > - - - - - - > Joseph Percivall > linkedin.com/in/Percivall > e: [email protected] > > > > > On Saturday, December 5, 2015 10:43 PM, Joe Witt <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Team, > > Here again is guidance to help those interested in > validating/verifying the release so they can vote. > > # Download latest KEYS file: > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/nifi/KEYS > > # Import keys file: > gpg --import KEYS > > # [optional] Clear out local maven artifact repository > > # Pull down nifi-0.4.0 source release artifacts for review: > > wget > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/nifi/nifi-0.4.0/nifi-0.4.0-source-release.zip > wget > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/nifi/nifi-0.4.0/nifi-0.4.0-source-release.zip.asc > wget > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/nifi/nifi-0.4.0/nifi-0.4.0-source-release.zip.md5 > wget > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/nifi/nifi-0.4.0/nifi-0.4.0-source-release.zip.sha1 > > # Verify the signature > gpg --verify nifi-0.4.0-source-release.zip.asc > > # Verify the hashes (md5 and sha1) match the source and what was > provided in the vote email thread > md5sum nifi-0.4.0-source-release.zip > sha1sum nifi-0.4.0-source-release.zip > > # Unzip nifi-0.4.0-source-release.zip > > # Verify the build works including release audit tool (RAT) checks > cd nifi-0.4.0 > mvn clean install -Pcontrib-check > > # Verify the contents contain a good readme, notice, and license. > > # Verify the git commit ID is correct > > # Look at the resulting convenience binary as found in nifi-assembly/target > > # Make sure the readme, license, notice are present and correct > > # Run the resulting convenience binary and make sure it works as expected > > # Send a response to the vote thread indicating a +1, 0, -1 based on > your findings. > > Thank you for your time and effort to validate the release! > > Joe
