On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Craig L Russell <[email protected]> wrote: > Great to hear that you're ready to "crack off" a release. You need to > decide: > Is this a final release or some early access or beta thing? > What tools will you use to create the release artifacts? > Will you release binaries or just sources (most Java projects release both > binary and source). > Who is going to be the release manager?
I'll take this. Assuming Les is fine it, I'll be the release manager. This is a 1.0.0 GA release. We are going to release with Maven using the staged release process so we'll have some time to test the final artifact before its being released publicly and while it's being vote upon. If we find blockers, we'll abandon the release and do a new point release - 1.0.1 etc. until the staged release is accepted. While I haven't cut any Apache releases before, I'm fairly familiar with Tapestry's releases which use the same process and I've done staged releases with Maven/Nexus before. Kalle > After you know what to release and who is going to create the release > artifacts, you can proceed to step 2: creating the release artifacts. There > are many examples of releases from incubation that you should probably study > and then volunteer to cut the release(s). > > The first release of a podling is normally reviewed by a small number of > really dedicated volunteers who find many trivial-sounding problems that in > fact are very important. But whoever volunteers to be the release manager > should expect between two and five attempts before passing muster for an > official Apache incubating release. > > Craig > > On May 13, 2010, at 9:47 AM, Les Hazlewood wrote: > >> We're working on it! :) >> >> Seriously though - I think we can be code complete today. After that >> is finished, I was going to ping the list to ask the Mentors how we go >> about starting the voting process. Since we might be able to start >> this tomorrow, could you fill us in a bit on how this works? >> >> Thanks! >> >> Les >> >> On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 8:28 AM, Alan D. Cabrera <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> :) >>> >>> We've been at this for quite some time. I've been approached by people >>> wondering when this is going to happen. >>> >>> I think that a release would be a good idea. Thoughts? >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> Alan >>> >>> > > Craig L Russell > Architect, Oracle > http://db.apache.org/jdo > 408 276-5638 mailto:[email protected] > P.S. A good JDO? O, Gasp! > >
