Wouldn't it be better to use something like http://www.gradle.org/ to write up the build process?
Ricardo Espírito Santo On 4 June 2013 16:08, William Speirs <wspe...@apache.org> wrote: > Gary, thanks for the info. That is an unbelievable number of steps required > to cut a release. I see you're working on Windows, but I'm going to try and > throw something together (probably in Python as I'm trying learn it) > focused on Linux. If you could make it work on Windows as well, that'd be > huge. > > All: Are the steps that Gary outlined what most everyone does to cut a > release? Is there a better way? > > Thanks... > > Bill- > > > On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 8:19 AM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 8:08 AM, Benedikt Ritter <brit...@apache.org> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi Bill, > > > > > > > > > 2013/6/4 William Speirs <wspe...@apache.org> > > > > > > > My confusion, it says in those directions to remove the -SNAPSHOT > from > > > the > > > > version. That's exactly what I did. So then I shouldn't submit that > to > > > > trunk? I thought you were supposed to get everything setup in trunk > > then > > > > simply svn copy that to your tag. > > > > > > > > > > This is what we do at my company. Tags should never be changed. OTOH > > trunk > > > should always contain the latest (=SNAPSHOT) code. If trunk ever > > contains a > > > non SNAPSHOT version, the nightly build will push that version to the > > > snapshot repo. And that is definitively worse than changing a tag. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If I were to start working on a python script that performed all of > > these > > > > steps, so they can be verified by the community, and then submit that > > > > alongside the source, would others find this helpful? > > > > > > > What steps exactly? I set the version back and forth with Maven and SVN > > (revert) for example. Our release process is ridiculously burdensome IMO, > > anything will help. Here is the stuff I did for Codec 1.8: > > > > commons-codec 1.8 > > set the release date in changes.xml > > mvn -Darguments=-Dgpg.passphrase=MyPwd -Dgpg.passphrase=MyPwd clean > deploy > > -Prelease > > Download src.zip file and build. > > mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=1.8 -DgenerateBackupPoms=false > > mvn commons:download-page > > svn revert pom.xml > > svn commit -m"Release preparation for 1.8-RC4." > > svn update > > mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=1.8 -DgenerateBackupPoms=false > > Set version in default.properties > > svn copy . -m"Create commons-codec-1.8-RC4." > > https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/commons/proper/codec/tags/1.8-RC4 > > svn revert pom.xml > > svn revert default.properties > > rd c:\temp\codec\RC /s/q && md c:\temp\codec\RC && cd c:\temp\codec\RC > > svn co > https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/commons/proper/codec/tags/1.8-RC4c > > :\temp\codec\RC > > mvn -Darguments=-Dgpg.passphrase=MyPwd -Dgpg.passphrase=MyPwd deploy > > -Prelease > > Close repo: https://repository.apache.org/index.html > > https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachecommons-130/ > > mvn site > > > > DOES NOT WORK: mvn site:stage-deploy -DstagingDirectory=src/site > > -DstagingSiteURL=scp:// > > people.apache.org/x1/builds/commons/commons-codec/1.8/RC1 > > [INFO] maven.site.deploy.skip = true: Skipping site deployment > > > > Upload local site to my people page > > > > Email [VOTE] Release Commons Codec 1.8-RC4 [Take 3] > > > > Email [RESULT][VOTE] Release Commons Codec 1.8-RC4 [Take 3] > > > > ssh people.apache.org > > cd release > > rm * > > wget -r -l 1 -np -nH -nd -nv -e robots=off --wait 5 > --no-check-certificate > > > > > https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachecommons-130/commons-codec/commons-codec/1.8/ > > go to repository.apache.org > > delete .tar.gz and .zip (and their asc files) > > chown :commons * > > chgrp commons * > > chmod g+w * > > > > svn mkdir -m "Creating initial directory structure for Commons Codec" > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/codec > > svn mkdir -m "Creating initial directory structure for Commons Codec" > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/codec/binaries > > svn mkdir -m "Creating initial directory structure for Commons Codec" > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/codec/source > > > > cd C:\repo\svn\apache\dist\dev\commons\codec > > svn co https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/codec . > > > > set repo_path=c:\temp\codec\rc\target > > set release_path=C:\repo\svn\apache\dist\dev\commons\codec > > > > In the file explorer, copy all the -bin and -src files to the release > path > > in binaries and source. > > > > checkout https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/commons/codec > > copy/add/commit 1.8 files > > update readme HTML files > > svn copy > > https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/commons/proper/codec/tags/1.8-RC4 > > https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/commons/proper/codec/tags/1.8 -m"Create > > 1.8 GA tag." > > > > Gary > > > > > > > > > > > > If this is possible it would be more than welcome, I guess... (I've > never > > > done a RC) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks... > > > > > > > > Bill- > > > > On Jun 4, 2013 7:01 AM, "sebb" <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > http://commons.apache.org/releases/prepare.html#Manual_Method > > > > > > > > > > On 4 June 2013 11:56, William Speirs <wspe...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > > > Is there documentation about this somewhere? What should I have > > done? > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks... > > > > > > > > > > > > Bill- > > > > > > On Jun 4, 2013 5:02 AM, <s...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >> Author: sebb > > > > > >> Date: Tue Jun 4 09:02:02 2013 > > > > > >> New Revision: 1489347 > > > > > >> > > > > > >> URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1489347 > > > > > >> Log: > > > > > >> Only tags should use non-SNAPSHOT versions please > > > > > >> > > > > > >> Modified: > > > > > >> commons/proper/dbutils/trunk/pom.xml > > > > > >> > > > > > >> Modified: commons/proper/dbutils/trunk/pom.xml > > > > > >> URL: > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/commons/proper/dbutils/trunk/pom.xml?rev=1489347&r1=1489346&r2=1489347&view=diff > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================================================================== > > > > > >> --- commons/proper/dbutils/trunk/pom.xml [utf-8] (original) > > > > > >> +++ commons/proper/dbutils/trunk/pom.xml [utf-8] Tue Jun 4 > > 09:02:02 > > > > > 2013 > > > > > >> @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ > > > > > >> <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> > > > > > >> <groupId>commons-dbutils</groupId> > > > > > >> <artifactId>commons-dbutils</artifactId> > > > > > >> - <version>1.6</version> > > > > > >> + <version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version> > > > > > >> <name>Commons DbUtils</name> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> <inceptionYear>2002</inceptionYear> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > http://people.apache.org/~britter/ > > > http://www.systemoutprintln.de/ > > > http://twitter.com/BenediktRitter > > > http://github.com/britter > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org > > Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition< > > http://www.manning.com/bauer3/> > > JUnit in Action, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/tahchiev/> > > Spring Batch in Action <http://www.manning.com/templier/> > > Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com > > Home: http://garygregory.com/ > > Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory > > >
