No problem. Feel free to ping me if you have any questions.

On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 3:46 PM, Eric Sammer <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks Patrick! I appreciate the pointers. I'll get on these items. Let me
> know if you think of anything else.
>
> On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Patrick Hunt <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Eric great to see this coming together! I'm -1 on this candidate but
>> it looks like you're getting close:
>>
>> You should add a "how to release" page to the wiki which details the
>> process of creating a release. This will help you and fellow release
>> managers who follow, it also serves to document the steps you used to
>> create the RC. Whirr is a good example:
>> https://cwiki.apache.org/WHIRR/how-to-release.html
>>
>>
>> I went through the incubator release checklist, there are a few things
>> missing:
>> http://incubator.apache.org/guides/releasemanagement.html#check-list
>>
>> You are not distributing release manager KEYS afaict, typically it's here:
>>
>> http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/incubator/mrunit/dist/KEYS?revision=1080137&view=markup
>> I do see it here though which is great:
>> https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/esammer.asc
>>
>> Also your announce email should include details on your KEYS for easy
>> access, see whirr as an example:
>> https://cwiki.apache.org/WHIRR/how-to-release.html
>> Perhaps just point to here?
>> https://people.apache.org/keys/group/mrunit.asc
>> Actually look through that page, there are a number of steps that you
>> need to add (such as tagging svn for the release candidate).
>>
>> You should add a "how to contribute" page to the wiki which includes
>> build instructions. It's probably also a good idea to have a basic
>> blurb in the README.txt or a BUILD.txt detailing how to build the
>> source.
>>
>> Not sure if it's strictly necessary but you should have md5/sha1 files
>> for the artifact, it's a common practice.
>>
>> Patrick
>>
>> On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 6:30 PM, Eric Sammer <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > Should we release (or, more specifically, call a vote on incubator
>> general
>> > to release) mrunit-0.5.0-incubator-dist-rc1.tar.gz?
>> >
>> > Fixed bugs:
>> >
>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?reset=true&jqlQuery=project+%3D+MRUNIT+AND+fixVersion+%3D+%220.5.0%22+AND+resolution+in+%28Fixed%2C+%22Won%27t+Fix%22%2C+Duplicate%2C+Invalid%2C+Incomplete%2C+%22Cannot+Reproduce%22%2C+Later%2C+%22Not+A+Problem%22%29
>> >
>> > Artifacts:
>> > http://people.apache.org/~esammer/mrunit/
>> >
>> > I'm a +1.
>> >
>> > Thanks!
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>> >
>>
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