That's a good starting point, but I don't like the "should".  I think it is a 
"must", otherwise, we can release broken functionality.

The Ant release artifacts must be reproducible by Ant and the Maven release 
artifacts must be reproducible by Maven.  It isn't sufficient to say that the 
"build" works in the released sources.  Release artifacts are more than just 
the build output.  Ant or Maven users may need to test a binary release 
artifacts/package with their local changes, not just the individual jars/swcs.

To be picky, only the Maven artifacts need to be usable by Maven, and only the 
Ant artifacts need to be usable by Ant, although I'm assuming that's what you 
meant.

HTH,
-Alex

On 3/21/20, 2:20 AM, "Christofer Dutz" <[email protected]> wrote:

    Hi all,
    
    I would like to use this thread to collect some requirements for the 
release process.
    Also would I like to ask you not to formulate things like “The release 
artifacts must be built with X” but rather “The release artifacts should be 
usable by X” cause that’s what really matters. I hope you get what I mean.
    
    So far I have this:
    
      *   The release artifacts should be usable by Maven
      *   The release artifacts should be usable by Ant
      *   The release should include tests, which ensure the correct function 
of the royale-maven-plugin
      *   The release should include tests which ensure the correct function of 
the Ant targets
      *   It should be possible to verify a release by comparing it’s binary 
artifacts for equality (reproducible builds)
      *   It should be ensured a release candidate builds correctly with Ant 
and with Maven
      *   The release process should ideally work on any machine
    
    Did I miss something?
    
    
    Chris
    

Reply via email to