Good plan. I will do my best to help. If we have 3 IPMC +1 from the podling then the IPMC part is less of a PITA.
Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 30, 2015, at 7:21 AM, jan i <[email protected]> wrote: > > Traditionally cutting the first apache release for a podling is one big > PITA, therefore > I propose we get started. > > I propose we make release 0.1 consisting of > - docFormats (the library only with the OOXML filter) > - dfTest (the main test utility) > - dfUtil (the conversion utility) > > We have a lot to learn here, about the files LICENSES and NOTICE and about > how to > handle release candidates and the final release, therefore I propose to > include the > "stable" parts. It can be argued that version 0.1 is not very useful for a > end-user, which > might be right, but it helps us get the release framework up and running. > > Once we have 0.1 through the needle of IPMC, version 0.2 can focus a lot > more on the > technical content. > > The steps we have to pass (I have surely forgotten a number) are: > - Make a branch (stable_0.1) that only contains what we intent to release > - Make it work (adapt CMake files etc) > - Correct LICENSES and NOTICE > - Prepare a release candidate (upload source with SHA5 to somewhere on dist) > - Vote on the release (min. 3 +1 NO -1) > - Ask IPMC to check the release and have them vote on it > this is the needle, they tend to find things we have not thought about, > but Justin (he is one of the best release checkers in incubators) earlier > promised > me to do a pre-check so we avoid the normal errors. > - When the vote finally passes, move the source to the release part of dist. > - Congratulate each other with work well done. > > If we agree on the content and the idea of cutting a release, I volunteer > to do the work and > of course write about every step in here (and on the wiki), so we all learn > from the experience. > I do however need help from e.g. Dave, with some of the specialties. > > Following the suggestion from Dave, Let us discuss this until August 7th, > and then see > if we have reached consensus. > > Comments ? > > rgds > jan i.
