> The second thing I would like to discuss is how we handle the README.
> Currently when we release we update the README on the main branch (and not
> the tag). I would kind of like to avoid committing anything to the main
> branch in an automated process. For example what happens if we run the
> release, it fails and we run it again. We have to check if the readme has
> been already updated, etc... While certainly possible with some script mojo
> it seems like an error prone process I would like to avoid.
>
> So what I would like to propose is the following. We don't ever update the
> README on the main release branch. We leave it generic with information about
> the project, where to find the docs, etc... On the tag we create we would
> generate a new file called "RELEASE_NOTES.txt" (or something to that effect)
> that contains the stuff we usually put in the README like revision info and
> the new and noteworthy info for that release. To generate the new and
> noteworthy for the release notes i was thinking we could come up with a
> heuristic. One such heuristic could be to pull out any new feature or
> improvement, and perhaps any issue that is a high priority one. Anyways, you
> get the idea. And naturally it would contain the link to the entire changelog
> from jira like we do now. Perhaps we should just stick to simple and put the
> revision info and the changelog link in the release notes. Probably what I
> will do for a first pass if people are into the idea.
I would look a lot better if you could generate a README.html using:
- the boiler plate README from the main branch
- idea: pull the release description from JIRA (if it is available ) and use it
for the release specific description.
- a link to the release notes in JIRA; optionally include a list of the
"closed" items (as a highlights) and then offer a link through to JIRA for more
information
- (Wish) the features are often best summed up in the associated blog posts
that have been made; could we troll the various geoserver, opengeo,
geo-solutions blogs for a tag matching the release number - and provide links
out to that information.
Thanks for the hard work on this justin; when I was on IRC I saw geotools
patches still being applied - is the coast clear now?
Jody
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