Hi >From my perspective, it went pretty smoothly compared to some releases. Slight delay caused by a critical issue report, and obviously the macOS issues because Apple have decided to move the goalposts to another field!
Yeah, I'll be honest with how smooth the last few masOS installer releases went before this one, I had probably gotten very lax in the process - I had most of it scripted locally and it required zero thought. I usually download the sources, generate the installer, test it locally, and then notarize the `.dmg` and sign it and upload it to SVN before creating the vote thread. This time was no different, however we like Neil said the goalposts changed, yet everything we could see indicated that nothing was different to any of the previous installers... Moving forward, I think I(or if anyone else wants to try creating the macOS installer) should create an installer from an early RC build, upload and then download it, to test this scenario, so that when it comes closer to the actual release we've identified issues as early as possible. I also need to update the confluence page as members wanting to take part in this will now also need an Apple ID Developer Application Certificate. John On Mon, 7 Mar 2022 at 17:34, Neil C Smith <neilcsm...@apache.org> wrote: > On Fri, 4 Mar 2022 at 19:13, Geertjan Wielenga <geert...@apache.org> > wrote: > > Before moving on to the next cycle, i.e., 14, are there any comments > > or thoughts or anything that we need to be aware of or think about for > > next time, any new learnings or insights? > > From my perspective, it went pretty smoothly compared to some > releases. Slight delay caused by a critical issue report, and > obviously the macOS issues because Apple have decided to move the > goalposts to another field! > > Splitting work around the release team, and having our communication > on list, seems good. Sharing the PR review and merging out amongst > the team is something I'd like to see more of, and possibly more > understanding of why we handle that process (validation and scheduling > rather than deciding what goes in). > > Looking forward to Martin joining in with releases, and particularly > with PR / RC related tasks that impact VSNetBeans. Think we've been > flying blind a little there. > > I still think we need one more person on the release team so we have > some more slack amongst people who know all the processes involved. > Speaking of which, I will not be involved with 14 very much - will be > on email if need be, but have a house (and therefore office) move bang > in the middle of it! > > Best wishes, > > Neil > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@netbeans.apache.org > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > >
