No, I don't think we expose the Commons Collection types in any of our
APIs, so it should be easier to upgrade.
On 9 Mar 2016 20:02, "Gale Naylor" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Doesn't this pull request to Upgrade Apache Commons Collections to v3.2.2
> also
> affect Scufl2 API?
>
> http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-taverna-dev/201603.mbox/%3Cgit-pr-1-incubator-taverna-server%40git.apache.org%3E
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 6:30 PM Gale Naylor <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > Draft of How to Review a Release and Vote and outline of How to Check a
> > Release are on the wiki. I plan to fix links and add detailed tips/tricks
> > from mailing list later. Feel free to add/delete anything and correct any
> > errors. (In general, my comments and questions are in italics.)
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 11:04 AM Gale Naylor <[email protected]
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Definitely. I'm already working on an offline document. I hope to have
> >> something on the wiki by EOD today (PST).
> >>
> >> On Wed, Mar 2, 2016, 10:34 AM Stian Soiland-Reyes <[email protected]>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> +1! Would you be OK to start? I guess Andy's list is a good starting
> >>> point. I can add my "shell tricks" where they fit. (and then we can
> >>> remove the more evil ones :))
> >>>
> >>> On 2 March 2016 at 17:42, Gale Naylor <[email protected]>
> >>> wrote:
> >>> > I like the "what do i do now" section. What if we develop it in the
> >>> wiki
> >>> > and then, when we're happy with it, migrate it to the community
> >>> section of
> >>> > the website?
> >>> >
> >>> > On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 7:18 AM Stian Soiland-Reyes <[email protected]
> >
> >>> wrote:
> >>> >
> >>> >> Yeah, we can develop it in the wiki, or append it to
> >>> >> http://taverna.incubator.apache.org/community/releasing perhaps?
> >>> >>
> >>> >> There should be a "I received a VOTE email, what do I do now?"
> >>> section.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> On 2 March 2016 at 11:59, Ian Dunlop <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>> >> > Hello,
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> > I think we need to capture all these tricks somewhere. Stian
> >>> suggested we
> >>> >> > propose updating the 'official' apache release page - sounds like
> a
> >>> good
> >>> >> > idea - but I think we could add it to the taverna pages first and
> >>> then
> >>> >> > maybe send a link to it to the (I don't know) incubator list to
> >>> gauge
> >>> >> > interest.
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> > Cheers,
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> > Ian
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> > On 1 March 2016 at 22:42, Gale Naylor <
> [email protected]>
> >>> >> wrote:
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> >> Thank you, Stian! Some of my questions I figured out today, but
> >>> some I
> >>> >> did
> >>> >> >> not, so I very much appreciate the hints and instructions.
> >>> >> >>
> >>> >> >>
> >>> >> >> On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 2:28 PM Stian Soiland-Reyes <
> >>> [email protected]>
> >>> >> >> wrote:
> >>> >> >>
> >>> >> >> > Thanks for reviewing!
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> >  > (1) How do I verify that the commit id in the downloaded
> files
> >>> >> matches
> >>> >> >> > that
> >>> >> >> > > in the VOTE email? (I've looked on the internet, but have yet
> >>> to
> >>> >> find
> >>> >> >> > > anything helpful.)
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> > I don't think most people check this deeply.. but I guess at
> >>> least one
> >>> >> >> > voter should.
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> > Here's what I do:
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> > mkdir 1 ; cd 1  # new folder
> >>> >> >> > git clone that-repository
> >>> >> >> > git checkout
> >>> that-commit-id-from-the-email-asdfjaskdjfsakjdfksajdf
> >>> >> >> > rm -rf *
> >>> >> >> > unzip ../the-release-candidate.zip
> >>> >> >> > mv apache-taverna-*/* .  (one level up)
> >>> >> >> > git status
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> > Git will then check the checksums of every file and let you
> know
> >>> what
> >>> >> >> > has 'changed' (as it would believe you have edited it).
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> > Here's another way that doesn't require using the 'git'
> command:
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> > Download the git commit corresponding to the email by browsing
> >>> for it
> >>> >> on
> >>> >> >> > GitHub:
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >>
> >>> >>
> >>>
> https://github.com/apache/incubator-taverna-language/tree/66866a5454ed23262c055f65155d7a195c68a17d
> >>> >> >> > Click "Download ZIP"
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> > mkdir 1 ; cd 1
> >>> >> >> > unzip ../66866a5454ed23262c055f65155d7a195c68a17d.zip
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> > cd ../ ; mkdir 2 ; cd 2
> >>> >> >> > unzip release-candidate.zip
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> > cd ..
> >>> >> >> > diff -uR 1 2
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> > The files that differ (and their differences!) will be shown.
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> > Make sure you don't have any target/ folders before diff-ing
> >>> (run mvn
> >>> >> >> > clean to be sure)
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> > If you do the above with a git clone instead - remember that
> the
> >>> zip
> >>> >> >> > doesn't include the .git/ folder - so you would have to delete
> >>> the
> >>> >> >> > checked out .git folder before diffing.  (Don't do this on your
> >>> >> >> > regular checkout as you would lose all local branches!)
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> > > (2) Are the "binary artifacts" in the target folders? Which
> >>> files
> >>> >> are
> >>> >> >> > > considered "binary artifacts?"
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> > Well, the target/ files are binary artifacts, but they (should)
> >>> have
> >>> >> >> > been made by your build on your machine - not be part of the
> >>> source
> >>> >> >> > ZIP.
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> > One thing to look out for is in the downloaded source ZIP that
> >>> there
> >>> >> >> > are no unexpected binary artifacts in it *before you build* -
> >>> e.g.
> >>> >> >> > there should not be any *.jars in there.  (The source
> >>> distribution
> >>> >> >> > should be 'clean'). We do have some *expected* binaries,
> >>> pictures and
> >>> >> >> > test workflows for instance.  As those can't have license
> >>> headers they
> >>> >> >> > should be declared in NOTICE/LICENSE if they came from
> >>> third-parties.
> >>> >> >> > (E.g. if we used a Creative Commons-licensed JPEG picture)
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> > In terms of release candidate, the binaries would be installers
> >>> and
> >>> >> >> > JARs etc., under
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/incubator/taverna/binaries/
> >>> >> >> > (But there are none for this release candidate)
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> > ..in addition to the JARs that have been staged to the Maven
> >>> >> repository
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >>
> >>> >>
> >>>
> https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachetaverna-1011/org/apache/taverna/
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> > > (3) How do I verify that the build produces the binaries? By
> >>> visual
> >>> >> >> > > inspection? What am I looking for?
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> > As for checking the Maven repository, if you want to do it
> really
> >>> >> >> > proper you should check that all the JARs that are staged can
> be
> >>> built
> >>> >> >> > from the downloaded release candidate ZIP - e.g. that your
> >>> target/
> >>> >> >> > folder contains all of the same ones.   If I do this, I do a
> >>> recursive
> >>> >> >> > wget of the repository, and then compare the result of "find .
> >>> -name
> >>> >> >> > '*jar'"  in the wget-tree with */*/target/*.jar.  I don't think
> >>> most
> >>> >> >> > people do this.
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> > Paranoid-mode would be to download each JAR and check that they
> >>> only
> >>> >> >> > have the same *.class files - but these would differ for every
> >>> build
> >>> >> >> > and so can't be compared any further without lots of clever
> >>> tooling -
> >>> >> >> > so nobody does this. (I think there should be an Apache-hosted
> >>> tool or
> >>> >> >> > Maven plugin that could do this).
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> > Practically the best is just to click briefly into the
> >>> repository in a
> >>> >> >> > browser and see there are not any 'additional' folders that
> >>> shouldn't
> >>> >> >> > be there, e.g. we are now voting on taverna-maven-parent,
> >>> taverna-osgi
> >>> >> >> > and taverna-language, and so we should not see
> >>> >> >> > org/apache/taverna/engine in there - as that is a group Id from
> >>> >> >> > taverna-engine.
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> > (We have already changed the groupIDs to correspond to the
> >>> repository
> >>> >> >> > which corresponds to the release name, so at least that
> >>> correspondance
> >>> >> >> > is easy to check on Taverna, but not so on many other
> projects).
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> > As binary releases from Apache Software Foundation are
> considered
> >>> >> >> > "convenience only" they are not crucial for the vote - the
> source
> >>> >> >> > release is the golden thing which everything else should be
> made
> >>> from.
> >>> >> >> > Practically speaking "everyone" uses the JARs from Maven
> >>> repository
> >>> >> >> > though, so I wouldn't dismiss them totally - at least one
> person
> >>> in
> >>> >> >> > the vote should do such a check.
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> > > (4) How do I check the dependencies?
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> > mvn dependency:tree gives a nice list - but what should you
> >>> check for?
> >>> >> >> > Well, it's mainly about licensing -
> >>> >> >> > http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html lists what is
> >>> compatible as
> >>> >> >> > dependencies of an ASF release.  Now you don't need to go
> >>> through the
> >>> >> >> > list - but sometimes there are Well Known forbidden
> dependencies
> >>> that
> >>> >> >> > People (tm) recognize -e.g. mysql-connector and Hibernate are
> >>> banned
> >>> >> >> > as they are (L)GPL.
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> > Luckily there's another Maven plugin that can do the job:
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> > mvn license:aggregate-add-third-party
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> > cat target/generated-sources/license/THIRD-PARTY.txt | sort
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> >      (Aduna BSD license) OpenRDF Sesame: HTTP client
> >>> >> >> > (org.openrdf.sesame:sesame-http-client:2.7.0 -
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> http://www.openrdf.org/sesame-core/sesame-http/sesame-http-client/)
> >>> >> >> >      (Aduna BSD license) OpenRDF Sesame: HTTP protocol
> >>> >> >> > (org.openrdf.sesame:sesame-http-protocol:2.7.0 -
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> http://www.openrdf.org/sesame-core/sesame-http/sesame-http-protocol/)
> >>> >> >> > (..)
> >>> >> >> >      (The Apache Software License, Version 2.0) Xerces2-j
> >>> >> >> > (xerces:xercesImpl:2.11.0 -
> https://xerces.apache.org/xerces2-j/
> >>> )
> >>> >> >> >      (Unknown license) commons-beanutils
> >>> >> >> > (commons-beanutils:commons-beanutils:1.7.0 - no url defined)
> >>> >> >> >      (Unknown license) com.springsource.org.jaxen
> >>> >> >> > (org.jaxen:com.springsource.org.jaxen:1.1.1 - no url defined)
> >>> >> >> >      (Unknown license) com.springsource.org.jdom
> >>> >> >> > (org.jdom:com.springsource.org.jdom:1.1.0 - no url defined)
> >>> >> >> >      (Unknown license) Logging
> >>> (commons-logging:commons-logging:1.0.3
> >>> >> >> > - http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/logging/)
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> > (BTW, those last 4 are already checked to be OK, see
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> http://dev.mygrid.org.uk/wiki/display/developer/Third-party+licenses
> >>> >> )
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> > > Regarding the build output: Since this is the first time I've
> >>> done
> >>> >> >> this,
> >>> >> >> > I
> >>> >> >> > > don't know what's okay to ignore. Here is a summary of the
> >>> warning
> >>> >> >> > messages
> >>> >> >> > > I received when I ran mvn clean install. I sent the output to
> >>> two
> >>> >> >> > different
> >>> >> >> > > files using the following command (Windows 10/ GitBash): mvn
> >>> clean
> >>> >> >> > install
> >>> >> >> > >> output1.txt 2> output2.txt. I appreciate any insight.
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> > Great!   I think those should be tracked in JIRA as we want to
> >>> reduce
> >>> >> >> > warnings.
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> > Generally with Maven, if it finishes with a big SUCCESS, then
> >>> that's
> >>> >> >> > true. The warnings are more like warnings for the developers
> >>> doing
> >>> >> >> > bad-practice-stuff than warnings about something going wrong
> >>> with the
> >>> >> >> > build.   Often the fixes are simple, like adding a @Deprecated
> >>> tag
> >>> >> >> > where you delibately use old APIs, or actually follow the fix
> >>> >> >> > suggested by the warning.
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> > I think we want to follow Andy's advice and "release early,
> >>> release
> >>> >> >> > often" - which entails a "good enough" - not "super-perfect".
> >>> >> >> > Obviously each committer votes independenly by their own
> quality
> >>> >> >> > measures.
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> > While Apache Software Foundation always says that community is
> >>> king -
> >>> >> >> > the Apache name is still recognized by the public as a kind of
> >>> >> >> > "quality mark" - if that is deserved or not I won't comment on,
> >>> but of
> >>> >> >> > course there is also a sense of pride in that we don't want to
> >>> set the
> >>> >> >> > standard too low.  :)
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> > (E.g. Taverna just cancelled 3 release candidates as they
> didn't
> >>> pass
> >>> >> >> > all their tests on Windows - but the community of another
> Apache
> >>> >> >> > project might not consider Windows important enough to halt a
> >>> release)
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> > --
> >>> >> >> > Stian Soiland-Reyes
> >>> >> >> > Apache Taverna (incubating), Apache Commons RDF (incubating)
> >>> >> >> > http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9842-9718
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >> --
> >>> >> Stian Soiland-Reyes
> >>> >> Apache Taverna (incubating), Apache Commons RDF (incubating)
> >>> >> http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9842-9718
> >>> >>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Stian Soiland-Reyes
> >>> Apache Taverna (incubating), Apache Commons RDF (incubating)
> >>> http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9842-9718
> >>>
> >>
>

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