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Instructions for making a Release: |
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Author: Conor MacNeill |
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Authors: Conor MacNeill |
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Stefan Bodewig |
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Magesh Umasankar |
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Note: This document was created in the context of releasing Ant 1.5. |
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Please interpret the branch names, tags, etc. according to |
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@@ -60,6 +62,9 @@ Note: This document was created in the context of releasing Ant 1.5. |
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Before you do that, ensure that the key you use is inside the KEYS |
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file in Ant's CVS repository - and that you perform a cvs update on |
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the KEYS file in /www/jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-ant/release/ |
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Also make sure you have sent the key that you use to a public |
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keyserver. |
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8. The beta distribution is now ready to go. Bundle it up into a tar.gz file and |
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scp to your apache account. |
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@@ -81,10 +86,26 @@ Note: This document was created in the context of releasing Ant 1.5. |
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and a 1.6alpha. Assign all existing 1.5 alpha bugs to one of these release |
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labels. |
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12. Once that is done, do a test download to make sure everything is OK. If it |
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looks OK, announce it on ant-dev and ant-user. After a few days pass and |
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there are no major problems, a wider announcement is made (main jakarta |
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website, general and announce lists, etc). |
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12. Once that is done, do a test download to make sure everything is OK. A |
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common problem may be: |
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* the file's mime type is not recognized and is interpreted as |
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text/plain. Fix it by using some .htaccess magic (AddEncoding stuff) |
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* Your gz.asc files are not being displayed properly (RemoveEncoing stuff) |
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If it looks OK, announce it on ant-dev and ant-user. After a few days pass |
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and there are no major problems, a wider announcement is made (main jakarta |
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website, announcements@jakarta.apache.org, etc). |
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Also ensure you: |
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* Update antnews.xml (Announcement) |
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* Update faq.xml (Ant's history details) |
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* Update index.xml (Announcement, latest release details) |
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* Update problems.xml (Debug Output details) |
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Generate the html files by invoking ant on docs.xml - you need jakarta-site2 |
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checked out for this and velocity.jar somewhere in your classpath - |
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you might choose to put it under lib/optional for auto pick-up. |
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Commit the modified/generated files and also perform a |
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cvs update on files in daedalus' www/jakarta.apache.org/ant. |
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13. As problems in the beta are discovered, there may be a need for one or more |
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subsequent betas. The release manager makes this call. Each time, the |
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Magesh Umasankar
23 years ago