From 059d44fac61e3f2a6b731fe86c322599e7f13c18 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stefan Bodewig Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2016 20:04:46 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] almost complete release instructions --- ReleaseInstructions | 29 +++++++++-------------------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) diff --git a/ReleaseInstructions b/ReleaseInstructions index 24eece7fd..1e50d634c 100644 --- a/ReleaseInstructions +++ b/ReleaseInstructions @@ -274,12 +274,14 @@ Note: This document was updated in the context of releasing Ant 23. wait a few hours for the mirrors to catch up - - -16. Update the ant.apache.org site : +24. Update the ant.apache.org site : The website is managed here: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/ant/site/ant/ + Copy the manual of the release into the production folder - since + the site still uses svn and Ant proper uses git there currently is + no way to use the scm for this. + Update the following files for version number: * source/antnews.xml (Announcement) @@ -293,31 +295,18 @@ Note: This document was updated in the context of releasing Ant Generate the html files by invoking 'ant' Commit the modified/generated files in the 'production' folder, it will go live on ant.apache.org in a matter on seconds. - - Change the version of the manual published on the site: copy the manual into - the production folder - since the site still uses svn and Ant - proper uses git there currently is no way to use the scm for this. -18. At this point in time, the release is done and announcements are made. +25. At this point in time, the release is done and announcements are made. PGP-sign your announcement posts. Apache mailing lists that should get the announcements: announce@apache.org, dev@ant and user@ant. -22. You can now reacquaint yourself with your family and friends. +26. You can now reacquaint yourself with your family and friends. + + -(*) Mirrors : the srcdownload.html, bindownload.html and - manualdownload.html each list a number of mirrors. For ant 1.6.0 - the mirrors picked up the new version in 8 hours or less, the - release having been done at midnight on Dec 18th, the mirrors had - it on Dec 19th at 8 am. The - srcdownload/bindownload/manualdownload pages all contain a note - advising users to be patient immediately after the release. -(+) Don't expect the old releases to disappear from - www.apache.org/dist as soon as the new releases are there. - The rsync process from people.a.o to www.a.o adds files once per - hour but only deletes once per day. Related Information From d8e3aa781135a9f0e2f65f21da65a4fa6af9a727 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stefan Bodewig Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2016 07:12:19 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] add cleanup notes --- ReleaseInstructions | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/ReleaseInstructions b/ReleaseInstructions index 1e50d634c..fe2cd4ffb 100644 --- a/ReleaseInstructions +++ b/ReleaseInstructions @@ -304,10 +304,8 @@ Note: This document was updated in the context of releasing Ant 26. You can now reacquaint yourself with your family and friends. - - - - +27. After a few days "svn rm" the older release artifacts and release + notes from https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/ant/ Related Information