Author: crossley
Date: Tue Apr 3 18:36:38 2007
New Revision: 525348
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&rev=525348
Log:
Add a note that supporting products should have been updated well before this
stage.
Modified:
forrest/trunk/site-author/content/xdocs/procedures/release/How_to_release.xml
Modified:
forrest/trunk/site-author/content/xdocs/procedures/release/How_to_release.xml
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/forrest/trunk/site-author/content/xdocs/procedures/release/How_to_release.xml?view=diff&rev=525348&r1=525347&r2=525348
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---
forrest/trunk/site-author/content/xdocs/procedures/release/How_to_release.xml
(original)
+++
forrest/trunk/site-author/content/xdocs/procedures/release/How_to_release.xml
Tue Apr 3 18:36:38 2007
@@ -97,12 +97,16 @@
<title>Tasks to be done by the project before the release can
start</title>
<p>There are a number of things to be done by the project before
the release will start.
Don't leave these until the last minute.
- It is not the Release Manager's job to fix bugs nor address
blocker issues. The RM job begins when the
+ It is not the Release Manager's job to fix bugs nor address
blocker issues. The RM job begins after the
project is ready to do the release.</p>
<ul>
<li>The project updates the Roadmap to schedule the realistic
Issues.</li>
<li>The project made good progress towards fixing the Blockers
and applying the outstanding patches.</li>
<li>The documentation content is ready.</li>
+ <li>Supporting products (e.g. Ant, Xerces) should have been
updated well before this
+ stage. Do not attempt such upgrades too close to the release,
as it
+ will distract attention from other issues and possibly
introduce new problems.
+ </li>
<li><p>Relevant changes are listed in the site-author/status.xml
and contributers have been attributed. Other changes are listed in the various
plugins/status.xml files.</p>
</li>
<li>Add relevant information to the
