On 9 August 2010 14:46, Oleg Kalnichevski <ol...@apache.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-08-09 at 14:42 +0100, sebb wrote:
>> On 9 August 2010 14:32, Oleg Kalnichevski <ol...@apache.org> wrote:
>> > ...
>> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Sebastian
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > I finally got around to finalizing the release process. I was able to
>> >> >> > delete .asc.md5 and .asc.sha1 but for some reason I was unable to
>> >> >> > promote the release. The Promote button always stays grayed out for 
>> >> >> > me.
>> >> >> > What could be the reason? Am I lacking some permissions?
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Cheers
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Oleg
>> >> >> >
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I can't help with your promote button grayed out problem, its grayed
>> >> >> out for me too when i look at httpcomponents-009, though the release
>> >> >> button is not. May i ask how you managed to delete files from the
>> >> >> Nexus staging repo? I'm trying to do similar for some Tuscany
>> >> >> experiments with Nexus but can't find how to delete individual files.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>    ...ant
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Hi Anthony
>> >> >
>> >> > You can delete files staged in a repository in the Browser panel (the
>> >> > one on the very bottom). The trouble is apparently there is no way to
>> >> > delete multiple files at once.
>> >> >
>> >> > Any idea what the Release button does? Does not seem to do anything for
>> >> > me.
>> >>
>> >> The Nexus UI has changed; previously the Promote and Drop options were
>> >> available as right-click menu items.
>> >> I don't think there was a Release option previously.
>> >>
>> >> The documentation at
>> >> http://www.sonatype.com/books/nexus-book/reference/staging-sect-managing-staging.html#staging-sect-promoting
>> >> does not really help much in distinguishing Release and Promote.
>> >> Indeed the Release screenshot is titled "Figure 9.22. Promoting a
>> >> Staging Repository" which is rather confusing.
>> >>
>> >> I've no idea what the difference between Promote and Release is, but
>> >> I'm surprised Release does nothing for you.
>> >>
>> >> Maybe I should try the Release button and see what gives?
>> >>
>> >
>> > Absolutely. Please do!
>>
>> OK.
>>
>> Pressed Release - I get a popup with a comment field.
>> Pressed OK - I get a confirmation saying "The selected repositories
>> have successfully been released"
>>
>> However, the status of the repo is still shown as closed, and I can
>> repeat the process without generating an error.
>>
>> Is that what you meant by "does nothing" ?
>>
>
> Given the fact that release artifacts do not appear to have been copied
> to the expected location in the release repository, this does qualify as
> 'does nothing' to me.

Agreed - it does nothing useful.

But I thought you meant that nothing at all happened when you pressed
the button.

I'll raise the issue.

> Oleg
>
>
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