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Apache Felix Dependency Manager Release Guide
This document describes how to do a source release. It is based on the Release FAQ [1]
Prerequisites
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To create a release you must:
* Have Subversion installed on your system;
* Have gpg installed on your system;
* Have a public key added to the keys file, and committed to [2]
* If you are using an http proxy, configure the following:
export GRADLE_OPTS="-Dhttps.proxyHost=www.somehost.org -Dhttps.proxyPort=8080"
Before you can start staging a release candidate, you must:
* make sure there are no dependencies on snapshots/unreleased versions;
* create a tagged version of the sources in preparation of the release candidate.
Creating a tagged version of the sources can be done directly through svn (replace r<n> by the actual release number, like "r1"):
svn copy https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/felix/trunk/dependencymanager https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/felix/releases/org.apache.felix.dependencymanager-r<n> -m "Release of Apache Felix Dependency Manager r<n>"
Staging a release candidate
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Staging a release starts by checking out a tagged version of the sources (replace r<n> by the actual release number, like "r1"):
svn co https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/felix/releases/org.apache.felix.dependencymanager-r<n>
The next step is to build/test the software and create the release/staging/ directory (where the source/jars will be packaged):
(replace r<n> by the actual release number, like "r1")
Use a Java7 JDK
$ cd org.apache.felix.dependencymanager-r<n>
$ ./gradlew rat
$ ./gradlew org.apache.felix.dependencymanager.annotation:jar
$ ./gradlew jar
$ ./gradlew test
$ ./gradlew check
Then Edit the ./release/build.gradle script, increment the "ext.dmRelease" property, and create the staging:
$ ./gradlew makeStaging (this will create ./release/staging/ directory)
Then you sign archives by invoking the following task:
$ ./gradlew signStaging
You can upload the archives and the signatures to our development area, which we use to stage this release candidate. This development area can be found at
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/felix and adding files to it can be done using "svnpubsub" which is taken care of by the following target:
$ ./gradlew commitToStaging
Voting on the release
=====================
Start a vote on the dev@felix.apache.org list, for example (be sure to replace r<n> with the correct release number, like "r1"):
>>>
To: "Felix Developers List" <dev@felix.apache.org>
Subject: [VOTE] Release of Apache Felix Dependency Manager release r<n>
Hi,
We solved N issues in this release:
http://issues.apache.org/jira/...
There are still some outstanding issues:
http://issues.apache.org/jira/...
Staging repository:
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/felix/apache-felix-dependencymanager-r<n>/
You can use this UNIX script to download the release and verify the signatures:
http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/felix/trunk/dependencymanager/release/check_staged_release.sh
Usage:
sh check_staged_release.sh r<n> /tmp/felix-staging
This script, unlike the original Felix check_stage_release.sh, will download staging from https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/felix instead of
http://repository.apache.org/content/repositories.
Please vote to approve this release:
[ ] +1 Approve the release
[ ] -1 Veto the release (please provide specific comments)
This vote will be open for 72 hours.
<<<
Promoting the release:
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Move the artifacts from the development area to the final release location at
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/felix by invoking the following target:
$ ./gradlew promoteToRelease
Cancelling the release
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$ ./gradlew deleteFromStaging
[1] http://www.apache.org/dev/release.html
[2] http://www.apache.org/dist/felix/KEYS