Hello Apache NiFi community, Please find the associated guidance to help those interested in validating/verifying the release so they can vote.
# Download latest KEYS file: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/nifi/KEYS # Import keys file: gpg --import KEYS # [optional] Clear out local maven artifact repository # Pull down nifi-nar-maven-plugin-1.2.0 source release artifacts for review: wget https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/nifi/nifi-nar-maven-plugin-1.2.0/nifi-nar-maven-plugin-1.2.0-source-release.zip wget https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/nifi/nifi-nar-maven-plugin-1.2.0/nifi-nar-maven-plugin-1.2.0-source-release.zip.asc wget https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/nifi/nifi-nar-maven-plugin-1.2.0/nifi-nar-maven-plugin-1.2.0-source-release.zip.md5 wget https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/nifi/nifi-nar-maven-plugin-1.2.0/nifi-nar-maven-plugin-1.2.0-source-release.zip.sha1 wget https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/nifi/nifi-nar-maven-plugin-1.2.0/nifi-nar-maven-plugin-1.2.0-source-release.zip.sha256 # Verify the signature gpg --verify nifi-nar-maven-plugin-1.2.0-source-release.zip.asc # Verify the hashes (md5, sha1, sha256) match the source and what was provided in the vote email thread md5sum nifi-nar-maven-plugin-1.2.0-source-release.zip sha1sum nifi-nar-maven-plugin-1.2.0-source-release.zip sha256sum nifi-nar-maven-plugin-1.2.0-source-release.zip # Unzip nifi-nar-maven-plugin-1.2.0-source-release.zip # Verify the build works including release audit tool (RAT) checks cd nifi-nar-maven-plugin-1.2.0 mvn clean install -Pcontrib-check # Verify the contents contain a good README, NOTICE, and LICENSE. # Verify the git commit ID is correct # Verify the RC was branched off the correct git commit ID # To test in NiFi... # Update the version of the nifi-nar-maven-plugin in the NiFi root pom to 1.2.0: <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.nifi</groupId> <artifactId>nifi-nar-maven-plugin</artifactId> <version>1.2.0</version> <extensions>true</extensions> </plugin> # Rebuild NiFi mvn clean install # Verify the resulting NiFi assembly starts and runs basic flows as expected # Inspect some of the built NAR files to verify new entires are populated: cd nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-bundle/nifi-standard-nar/target/ unzip nifi-standard-nar-1.2.0-SNAPSHOT.nar vi META-INF/MANIFEST.MF Verify the following entries are present: Nar-Group: org.apache.nifi Nar-Id: nifi-standard-nar Nar-Version: 1.2.0-SNAPSHOT Nar-Dependency-Group: org.apache.nifi Nar-Dependency-Id: nifi-standard-services-api-nar Nar-Dependency-Version: 1.2.0-SNAPSHOT Clone-During-Instance-Class-Loading: false Build-Tag: HEAD Build-Jdk: 1.8.0_74 Build-Timestamp: 2017-03-14T12:01:27Z Built-By: <your username> # Send a response to the vote thread indicating a +1, 0, -1 based on your findings. Thank you for your time and effort to validate the release!
