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layout: default title: Building Struts Master parent: title: Creating and Signing a Distribution url: creating-and-signing-a-distribution

Building Struts Annotations

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Obtain a fresh check out of struts annotations

git clons https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/struts-annotations.git

or you can just fetch & pull the latest changes

Prepare release

mvn release:prepare

Use the following pattern for the tag name: STRUTS_ANNOTATIONS_[VERSION]

Perform release

mvn release:perform

Log in to Nexus and close the staging repository.

Send a VOTE email

A sample template is at Sample announcements page (and DO wait for the 72 hours period)

Promote release

If the Vote passed log in again to Nexus and promote the repository - it will be automatically synced with Maven Central Repository.