Thank you for spearheading making our release process better. One tricky thing to watch out for are components like Lang and DBCP which have folder names on dist that are not the artifact ID. IOW lang vs lang3, dbcp vs dbcp2.
Gary On Dec 30, 2017 08:29, "Rob Tompkins" <chtom...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello all, > > I just wanted to let everyone know where I’ve been running lately. I’m > writing a new commons component specifically “commons-release-plugin” for > the sake of making a maven plugin that adheres to our release process. I’m > sandboxing it in my git work area: > > https://github.com/chtompki/commons-release-plugin < > https://github.com/chtompki/commons-release-plugin> > > My goal is to get it functional an then bring it up for vote on creating > it as a full fledged component (in the same vein as the > commons-build-plugin). > > Currently, I have it declared locally in [text] with: > > <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId> > <artifactId>commons-release-plugin</artifactId> > <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version> > <configuration> > <pubScmStagingUrl>scm:svn:https://dist.apache.org/repos/ > dist/dev/commons/text</pubScmStagingUrl> > </configuration> > <executions> > <execution> > <id>detatch-assemblies</id> > <phase>verify</phase> > <goals> > <goal>detatch-assemblies</goal> > </goals> > </execution> > </executions> > </plugin> > > immediately following this line: https://github.com/apache/ > commons-text/blob/master/pom.xml#L164 <https://github.com/apache/ > commons-text/blob/master/pom.xml#L164> in the pom. As it stands now, it > detaches the distributions from the deployment to nexus (after gpg signing, > and then copies them and the sha1’s and md5’s into a working directory in > /target), My plan here is to use the maven-release-plugin as a guideline > for how to publish these up to the dist svn repository. I think I’m further > going to set up a mojo to do site deployment to somewhere (open to thoughts > on where the site should go, maybe the dist svn area in a zip file like > what Gary did with the latest [dbcp] release??). > > Given this is a progress report. I’m open to anyone telling me that I’m > wasting my time and pointing me in a new direction. > > Cheers, > -Rob > > P.S. I haven’t figured out how to write tests for maven plugins, so I have > no testing in the project. I’m open to suggestions/help in that department > if anyone wants to chip in and help. > > > > On Dec 28, 2017, at 4:05 AM, Hervé BOUTEMY <herve.bout...@free.fr> > wrote: > > > > Hi Rob, > > > > one additional point: currently, for Maven itself, instead of adding new > > Maven-specific ReleasePhase(s) to the default configuration, or > configure them in > > our parent pom (I'm not sure documentation on how to do that is > available: I > > could not find it), we chose first to create a separate "dist-tool" to > check > > consistency of what is currently published in misc places and provide > some > > commands to fix when an inconsistency is found. > > > > This happens through daily reports done by a Jenkins job [1]: > > - distribution area vs Maven Central [2] > > - version from Maven site vs Maven Central [3] > > > > We did not produce any release nor made it really configurable for > conventions > > different from Maven ones (like Common's -src & -bin), but at least > there is a > > configuration file to define artifacts to check [4] > > > > HTH > > > > Hervé > > > > > > [1] https://builds.apache.org/view/M-R/view/Maven/job/dist-tool-plugin/ > > > > [2] https://builds.apache.org/view/M-R/view/Maven/job/dist- > tool-plugin/site/ > > dist-tool-check-source-release.html > > > > [3] https://builds.apache.org/view/M-R/view/Maven/job/dist- > tool-plugin/site/ > > dist-tool-check-index-page.html > > > > [4] https://builds.apache.org/view/M-R/view/Maven/job/dist- > tool-plugin/site/ > > dist-tool.conf.html > > > > Le mercredi 27 décembre 2017, 23:32:49 CET Rob Tompkins a écrit : > >> Stephen, > >> > >> I can’t thank you enough for your reply. I’ll take your suggestions and > >> continue to sandbox around using the maven-release-plugin as a > guideline. > >> > >> All the best and happy holidays, > >> -Rob > >> > >>> On Dec 26, 2017, at 5:27 AM, Stephen Connolly > >>> <stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com> wrote:> > >>> On Tue 26 Dec 2017 at 03:10, Rob Tompkins <chtom...@apache.org > > <mailto:chtom...@apache.org>> wrote: > >>>> Hello all, > >>>> > >>>> Pardon, maybe this should have gone to your @user list, but why not > ping > >>>> the dev crew. I’ve been playing around the ideas surrounding our > fairly > >>>> manual release process for the components in Commons, and I was hoping > >>>> for > >>>> some insights. > >>>> > >>>> Scripting the version changes isn’t really that big of a deal for us, > and > >>>> that I can manage. But, when it comes to publishing our artifacts to > the > >>>> apache nexus repository, and then separately publishing our -src and > -bin > >>>> assemblies to the dev dist subversion repository (and consequently > >>>> deleting > >>>> those artifacts from nexus as they’re “attached” for the purpose of > gpg > >>>> signing), I feel it a tad cumbersome. > >>>> > >>>> I’ve fiddled around a little with the idea of detaching the -src and > -bin > >>>> assemblies after gpg signing with some success, but then I have to > delve > >>>> into the mechanics of publishing those up to the subversion > repository, > >>>> and > >>>> clearly that problem has already been solved. > >>> > >>> Is your problem you don’t want those going to Nexus staging but only to > >>> dist? Or is it that you want them *also* going to dist. > >>> > >>> Personally... I see no reason to remove them from going to Nexus > staging > >>> (in fact I have a background plan to add secondary signing support to > >>> staging... i’m Waiting to see the Nexus 3 staging APIs before > attempting > >>> though. That would mean that the PMC would be able to *add* their GPG > >>> signature to the staged artifacts as part of the voting... in which > case > >>> you’d want to hold off uploading to dist until *after* the vote so you > get > >>> the full set of signatures) > >>> > >>> If you want to upload a subset of attached artifacts to dist as part of > >>> the > >>> release, that seems much more tenable... just a derivative of the > >>> scm-publish plugin from what I can see. > >>> > >>> So I find myself in the space of trying to shoehorn our process into > its > >>> > >>>> the main maven-release-plugin, which I’ve found a tad difficult, > versus > >>>> writing our own release plugin, which feels like I would be > duplicating > >>>> tons of code (which I don’t want to do). > >>> > >>> So the release plugin is really two parts: > >>> > >>> 1. A toolkit for writing release plugins > >>> > >>> 2. An example that does the job for the requirements of the Maven TLP > and > >>> has seemed “sufficient” for a lot of other people. > >>> > >>> As such, if you have different needs, do not feel bad about having to > >>> encode differently... hopefully the toolkit half of the codebase is > >>> sufficient for you. > >>> > >>>> I’m curious if you guys have any thoughts on the matter as I’ve been > >>>> playing around in the space for a little while now. > >>>> > >>>> Cheers and happy holidays from UTC-5, > >>>> -Rob > >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > >>>> <mailto:dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org> For additional commands, > >>>> e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org <mailto:dev-h...@maven.apache.org> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>> > >>> Sent from my phone > > > > > >
