On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 9:03 AM, Stefano Bagnara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Robert Burrell Donkin ha scritto: >> >> this release has been hanging around for quite a while now. norman's >> been really busy so i unless he has some time now or there are other >> volunteers, i'm willing to act as release manager for 0.2. >> >> unless anyone jumps in now, i'll prepare a release candidate in the >> next day or two. this will be the first maven release i've cut using >> the release plugin so any tips would be apprecoated. > > +1 > > I always assisted Norman during similar releases using maven and fighting > maven issues. It's been sometimes funny and sometimes frustrating, but I > learned a lot. > > If you plan to use the m2 build then I'll try it asap with test releases > locally to see if I can spot early issues.
i plan to use the m2 build since IIRC i fixed up some issues only for m2 ATM. once this release is cut, we can upgrade javacc etc and i'll make the ant work well again. i trialed it yesterday and i'm happy with the artifacts but please give it a whirl. > If you want some "live" collaboration/debug we can meet on IRC or IM I would > be glad to help. > > I'm often in the #james @ FreeNode IRC channel, and I have skype, icq, msn, > aol, gtalk accounts. IRC sounds good > Thanks to Norman we also have a mini guide: > http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/james/project/trunk/HOWTO_RELEASE.txt cool > <silentmode>I have to warn you that everytime we do a release something > changed and there is something new (also because we use some updated plugins > searching for fixes to our workarounds). Don't tell anyone or Noel will > quote this sentence over the world saying that even maven supporters say > they have issues with maven. :-)</silentmode> i have a traditionally mistrust of maven releases but i'm happy with the artifacts and we've worked hard on the build for jsieve so i'm happy to give it a go - robert --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
