| Release Checklist |
| ----------------- |
| |
| - ensure the changelog is up to date |
| - tag SVN |
| - build distributions as if it was the final release |
| - update any filename dates from today's date, to the date that the |
| vote will end (typically 7 days time) |
| - copy the -redirect pom to a subdirectory of redirect/, and remove |
| -redirect from its name |
| - sign and checksum distributions as per |
| http://www.apache.org/dev/mirror-step-by-step.html |
| - upload to your area of people.apache.org under /<version>-RC-<x>/ |
| (eg 3.0.1-RC-2) |
| - add a README.txt to the directory that states the files are a |
| release candidate pending a vote, despite their name being -FINAL |
| - include the URL of this in the release vote (goes to dev, not user) |
| (eg http://people.apache.org/~nick/3.0.1-RC-2/) |
| |
| - wait for release vote to pass |
| - send notification of vote passing to private@ |
| |
| - move distributions from your area of people.apache.org to the |
| distribution directories on www.apache.org/dist/poi/ and |
| people.apache.org/repo/m1-ibiblio-rsync-repository/org.apache.poi/ |
| - move the redirection pom from your area of people.apache.org to |
| people.apache.org/repo/m1-ibiblio-rsync-repository/poi/poms/ |
| - copy the new distributions to archive.apache.org |
| - remove the old distributions from www.apache.org/dist/ |
| - wait for the distributions to appear on your favourite mirror |
| |
| - generate announcements |
| - generate www pages and upload |
| - bump release ID in build.xml |
| - send announcements to user and dev lists |
| - send announcements to announcement@apache.org, announcements@jakarta.apache.org |
| - news to newsgroups: comp.lang.java.softwaretools |
| - post stories on |
| *) jakarta news page |
| *) theserverside.com |
| *) freshmeat.net |
| *) www.javaworld.com |
| *) www.javalobby.com |
| *) www.jguru.com |
| *) www.slashdot.org |
| (and follow them up) |
