Hmm. Doesn't renaming the tag mess up the tag? For instance the folder name would be 1.0-RC1 but the POM for the project would say 1.0. Something doesn't smell right with that ;-).
--- Todd Thiessen > -----Original Message----- > From: nicolas de loof [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 9:58 AM > To: Maven Users List > Subject: Re: How can one handle release candidates in Maven? > > With this approach, all RC tags (and the final one) point to > a source code that generate the finalName artifact. > more complete sample > > > from trunk 1.0-SNAPSHOT > > release:prepare version = 1.0 > release:stage > --> tag = 1.0 > --> artifact = foo-1.0.jar, deployed on staging repository > > test, test, test BUG ! > > release:roolback > --> trunk is back to 1.0-SNAPSHOT > // rename the tag, as this one was a buggy RC svn mv tags\1.0 > tags\1.0-RC1 > > go back to step 1 > > No bug found ? > well done, you've got your release > > > 2009/5/13 sebb <[email protected]> > > > On 13/05/2009, nicolas de loof <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 1. release:stage with the target version 0.9 (renaming a released > > > JAR may have some strange side-effects) > > > > > > test, test, test .. > > > --> all fine ? you've got it > > > --> some bugs : release:rollback , fix and back to step 1. > > > You only have to rename (or remove) the tag created in > SCM for the > > release > > > (candidate) > > > > I don't follow this - how does this ensure that a given tag > name (URL) > > only ever refers to a single code set? > > > > I may have misunderstood, but it seems to me that the tag is being > > reused, and therefore does not uniquely identify the source. > > > > > > > > 2009/5/13 Todd Thiessen <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > > So what is the extact work flow? > > > > > > > > 1. Run release:stage with a version like > myproject-0.9-RC1 > 2. > > > When problems are found, rollback, fix the problem and run > > > > release:stage again, incrementing RC2, 3, etc.... > > > > 3. When no more problems are found with the RC, perform a > > > rollback and > then a release:perform using the actual release > > > version. (in this case > myproject-0.9) > > --- > > Todd Thiessen > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: nicolas de loof > > > [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Wednesday, > May 13, 2009 > > > 9:13 AM > > To: Maven Users List > > Subject: Re: How can one > > > handle release candidates in Maven? > > > > > > > > > > Use the release:stage goal to create your release candidates. > > > > > If you find a bug, you just have to release:rollback > and > > > > > rename the tag from finalName to finalName_RCx > > > > > 2009/5/13 > > > Fabien KRUBA <[email protected]> > > > > > I > suppose you can > > > use release:prepare and perform multiple times > > if > > > > > > you give the RC version number when asked ? > > > > > > > > > > > > http://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-releasing.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 8:55 AM, sebb > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > What I would like to be able to do with Maven is: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Create an SVN tag, e.g. myproject-0.9-RC1 from > current > > > > > code in trunk > > > > (or perhaps a branch) > > > > > > > > > > > Create and test the release candidate from the tag. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Publish the release candidate somewhere temporarily so > > > others > > can > > > > > > > check if the release candidate is OK. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If there are problems, fix the trunk (or branch) > and create > > > a > > new > > > > > > > tag, e.g. myproject-0.9-RC2. Repeat as needed. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Suppose RC3 is OK, then the artifacts need to be renamed > > > (if > > > > necessary) to remove the -RC3 suffix, and > published to > > > > > the release > > > > repository. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The tag is also renamed, i.e. myproject-0.9-RC3 => > > > myproject-0.9 > > > > > > > > The end result is a published > > > release (without RC suffix). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The idea behind this is to ensure that the tag > URL alone is > > > > > > > sufficient to identify the exact contents used to > create the > > > > > > > release, and that the artifacts that are > published are > > > > > identical to > > > > the ones that were checked (apart > perhaps from > > > the file names). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Is this possible using Maven? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
