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The following page has been changed by MichaelBecke: http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta-httpclient/HttpClientReleaseProcess ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + '''This document is still in progress''' + The following steps are required to create and deploy a release version of a Commons library package. The example text consistently assumes that we are releasing version 3.0.1 of the httpclient package. == Pre Release == @@ -54, +56 @@ * Make sure you running a 1.3 JVM. This is necessary to ensure that the generated binaries are 1.3 compatable. * Generate the binary packages. `maven httpclient:dist` - + * Verify the contents of the generated packages. + * Sign and checksum the generated packages (*.zip, *.tar.gz, and *.jar). Details for this are covered in the [http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/releases/release.html Commons release documentation]. Below is a quick Perl script to accomplish this. {{{ + #!/usr/bin/perl -w + # signs and checksums all files given as command line args - '''The following section is in progress''' + foreach my $file (@ARGV) { + print $file."\n"; - 1. Regenerate the binary distribution of the code by running maven dist. Ensure that you use the lowest reasonable jdk to do the build, 1.2.2. Review the generated documentation to ensure that it correctly reflects the functionality (and the version number) of this code. + my $md5 = `md5sum $file`; + `echo "$md5" > $file.md5`; + $md5 =~ /(\w+)\s+/; + $md5 = $1; + # verify md5 + my $testMd5 = `openssl md5 < $file`; + chomp($testMd5); + if ($testMd5 ne $md5) { die 'md5 does not equal'; } + + `gpg --armor --output $file.asc --detach-sig $file`; + # verify signature + `gpg --verify $file.asc $file` + } + }}} + * Copy the release materials to your personal Apache web directory and invite the other HttpClient committers to test out the release packages before you continue. + + == Publishing the Release == + + * Copy binary and source distributions into the HttpClient dist directory.{{{ + set DIST_DIR=/www/www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/commons/httpclient + cp commons-httpclient-3.0.1-src* $DIST_DIR/source + cp commons-httpclient-3.0.1.tar* commons-httpclient-3.0.1.zip* $DIST_DIR/binary + cp release-notes.txt $DIST_DIR/RELEASE_NOTES.txt}}} + * Copy the jar and POM to the ibiblio dist directory. {{{ + set IBIBLIO_DIR=/www/www.apache.org/dist/java-repository/commons-httpclient + cp commons-httpclient-3.0.1.jar* $IBIBLIO_DIR/jars + cp project.xml $IBIBLIO_DIR/poms/commons-httpclient-3.0.1.pom}}} + * Be sure that all files belong to the ''jakarta'' group and that they are group writable. + + === Updating the Jakarta website === + 1. Create a news item. This should be added to httpclient/xdocs/news.xml and the jakarta-site2/xdocs/site/news.xml as well as a one liner in jakarta-site2/xdocs/index.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
