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Release Checklist
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2007-05-22 07:56:48 -04:00
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- ensure the changelog is up to date
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- tag SVN
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- build distributions as if it was the final release
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- update any filename dates from today's date, to the date that the
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vote will end (typically 7 days time)
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2007-05-31 14:09:57 -04:00
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- copy the -redirect pom to a subdirectory of redirect/, and remove
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-redirect from its name
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2007-05-22 07:56:48 -04:00
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- sign and checksum distributions as per
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http://www.apache.org/dev/mirror-step-by-step.html
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- upload to your area of people.apache.org under /<version>-RC-<x>/
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(eg 3.0.1-RC-2)
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- add a README.txt to the directory that states the files are a
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release candidate pending a vote, despite their name being -FINAL
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- include the URL of this in the release vote (goes to dev, not user)
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(eg http://people.apache.org/~nick/3.0.1-RC-2/)
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- wait for release vote to pass
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- send notification of vote passing to private@
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- move distributions from your area of people.apache.org to the
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2007-05-22 14:00:24 -04:00
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distribution directories on www.apache.org/dist/poi/ and
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people.apache.org/repo/m1-ibiblio-rsync-repository/org.apache.poi/
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2007-05-31 14:09:57 -04:00
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- move the redirection pom from your area of people.apache.org to
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people.apache.org/repo/m1-ibiblio-rsync-repository/poi/poms/
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2007-05-22 07:56:48 -04:00
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- copy the new distributions to archive.apache.org
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- remove the old distributions from www.apache.org/dist/
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- wait for the distributions to appear on your favourite mirror
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- generate announcements
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2002-01-30 21:22:28 -05:00
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- generate www pages and upload
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2007-05-22 07:56:48 -04:00
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- bump release ID in build.xml
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- send announcements to user and dev lists
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- send announcements to announcement@apache.org, announcements@jakarta.apache.org
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2002-01-30 21:22:28 -05:00
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- news to newsgroups: comp.lang.java.softwaretools
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- post stories on
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*) jakarta news page
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*) theserverside.com
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*) freshmeat.net
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*) www.javaworld.com
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*) www.javalobby.com
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*) www.jguru.com
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*) www.slashdot.org
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(and follow them up)
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