David,
this is a great document, really.
Just one quick note after a very first review:
in the section "Steps for a branch in preparation for a real release" I
think that the steps #1, 2, 3 (checkout, copy, commit) can be replaced
by one svn command (server side copy):
svn copy -m "" https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/ofbiz/trunk
https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/ofbiz/branches/${branch-name}
(I have to check the syntax... this is off the top of my head)
Jacopo
David E Jones wrote:
Sounds great Jacopo, I look forward to seeing feedback from you and others.
BTW, for documenting the general release process I added a page here:
http://docs.ofbiz.org/x/1wE
-David
On Sep 10, 2006, at 1:04 AM, Jacopo Cappellato wrote:
David,
that's great news, thanks for working on this.
I will download and test the release and I will provide feedback.
I really hope that also others will help on this in the next few days:
after this we could be ready to complete the release process and ask
for graduation.
Jacopo
David E Jones wrote:
On this topic... I've been looking at the release stuff and decided
to just go for it...
For this initial RC1 for version 4.0.0 I decided to go with the tag
route and we'll do a branch later when we're ready to do a final
release. The "tag" in this case is just an svn "soft" tag, ie the
implicit tag from the revision number (see the REVISION) file in the
archive. A real tag in SVN is pretty much the same as a branch and I
think is a little heavier than what we need for this.
Before moving on to the next step we need to review this among
ourselves. Here is a list of things that I can think of that we need
review in this:
1. test un-archive and run as-is (should only require JDK installed)
2. identify and show-stopper bugs that we should fix before a real RC
3. check all ASF required files (NOTICE, LICENSE, KEYS, etc) and headers
4. check PGP and MD5 files
5. anything else?
Anyone who feels comfortable looking at these things, please do and
comment as needed!
The files are posted for initial review as attachments on the
docs.ofbiz.org site to this page:
http://docs.ofbiz.org/x/wAE
Thanks in to everyone for your help getting to this point, and of
course your help reviewing this so we can move to the next step!
-David
On Sep 8, 2006, at 11:39 PM, Jacopo Cappellato wrote:
I've prepared a draft of the Incubator September report here:
http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/September2006
The next OFBiz report will be due in December... do you think it is
possible to try to graduate before that date? Who can help to wrap
up the release candidate of OFBiz (that is the very last task we
have to complete, even if it is not a mandatory task)?
Jacopo
