Thanks Patrick! I appreciate the pointers. I'll get on these items. Let me know if you think of anything else.
On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Patrick Hunt <[email protected]> wrote: > Eric great to see this coming together! I'm -1 on this candidate but > it looks like you're getting close: > > You should add a "how to release" page to the wiki which details the > process of creating a release. This will help you and fellow release > managers who follow, it also serves to document the steps you used to > create the RC. Whirr is a good example: > https://cwiki.apache.org/WHIRR/how-to-release.html > > > I went through the incubator release checklist, there are a few things > missing: > http://incubator.apache.org/guides/releasemanagement.html#check-list > > You are not distributing release manager KEYS afaict, typically it's here: > > http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/incubator/mrunit/dist/KEYS?revision=1080137&view=markup > I do see it here though which is great: > https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/esammer.asc > > Also your announce email should include details on your KEYS for easy > access, see whirr as an example: > https://cwiki.apache.org/WHIRR/how-to-release.html > Perhaps just point to here? > https://people.apache.org/keys/group/mrunit.asc > Actually look through that page, there are a number of steps that you > need to add (such as tagging svn for the release candidate). > > You should add a "how to contribute" page to the wiki which includes > build instructions. It's probably also a good idea to have a basic > blurb in the README.txt or a BUILD.txt detailing how to build the > source. > > Not sure if it's strictly necessary but you should have md5/sha1 files > for the artifact, it's a common practice. > > Patrick > > On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 6:30 PM, Eric Sammer <[email protected]> wrote: > > Should we release (or, more specifically, call a vote on incubator > general > > to release) mrunit-0.5.0-incubator-dist-rc1.tar.gz? > > > > Fixed bugs: > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?reset=true&jqlQuery=project+%3D+MRUNIT+AND+fixVersion+%3D+%220.5.0%22+AND+resolution+in+%28Fixed%2C+%22Won%27t+Fix%22%2C+Duplicate%2C+Invalid%2C+Incomplete%2C+%22Cannot+Reproduce%22%2C+Later%2C+%22Not+A+Problem%22%29 > > > > Artifacts: > > http://people.apache.org/~esammer/mrunit/ > > > > I'm a +1. > > > > Thanks! > > -- > > Eric Sammer > > twitter: esammer > > data: www.cloudera.com > > > -- Eric Sammer twitter: esammer data: www.cloudera.com
