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| author | William Victor Mote <vmote@apache.org> | 2003-06-14 05:41:18 +0000 |
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| committer | William Victor Mote <vmote@apache.org> | 2003-06-14 05:41:18 +0000 |
| commit | cbe508833d226377bd9eedf018a11c4eb9e84e57 (patch) | |
| tree | 6e68097499e6753e3ee8d19f07b4bd1bf7ee61fb | |
| parent | d6548e7605d3fd3cf6c02a6af408f9ef24435697 (diff) | |
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Add release notes (from Christian Geisert's notes).
git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/xmlgraphics/fop/trunk@196499 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
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| -rw-r--r-- | src/documentation/content/xdocs/dev/release.xml | 59 |
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diff --git a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/dev/book.xml b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/dev/book.xml index be3f1829d..10322781a 100644 --- a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/dev/book.xml +++ b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/dev/book.xml @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ </menu> <menu label="Deploy"> <menu-item label="Doc Mgmt" href="doc.html"/> + <menu-item label="Release" href="release.html"/> <external label="Bugs" href="http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&email1=&emailtype1=substring&emailassigned_to1=1&email2=&emailtype2=substring&emailreporter2=1&bugidtype=include&bug_id=&changedin=&votes=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&product=Fop&short_desc=&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&long_desc=&long_desc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_file_loc=&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&keywords=&keywords_type=anywords&field0-0-0=noop&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0=&order=bugs.component"/> </menu> <menu label="Resources"> diff --git a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/dev/release.xml b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/dev/release.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..bbfa6ee1d --- /dev/null +++ b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/dev/release.xml @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE document PUBLIC "-//APACHE//DTD Documentation V1.1//EN" + "http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/xml-forrest/src/resources/schema/dtd/document-v11.dtd"> +<document> + <header> + <title>FOP Development: Release Mechanics</title> + </header> + <body> + <section id="intro"> + <title>Introduction</title> + <p>This page documents the process of creating a FOP release. +FOP releases are coordinated by one member of the team (currently Christian Geisert), so others do not ordinarily need to use this information. +The purpose of documenting it here is to facilitate consistency, ensure that the process is captured, and to allow others to comment on the process.</p> + <p>The checklist below was assembled from Christian Geisert's notes. It will be expanded in the future as he has time.</p> + </section> + <section id="checklist"> + <title>Checklist</title> + <ul> + <li>Determine whether this is a Release Candidate or a Release.</li> + <li>Determine whether further testing is required.</li> + <li>Edit release notes, and commit any changes.</li> + <li>Update version number in build.xml, and commit the change.</li> + <li>Tag the source tree with the release ID. For example, if the release is 0.20.5rc3: + <code>cvs tag fop-0_20_5rc3</code></li> + <li>Make a fresh checkout with the just created tag: + <code>cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@cvs.apache.org:/home/cvspublic co -r +fop-0_20_5rc3 xml-fop</code></li> + <li>Copy jimi and jai to lib/ (jimi-1.0.jar, jai_core.jar, jai_codec.jar)</li> + <li>Run build[.sh] dist. Use jdk1.3. A Forrest installation is needed.</li> + <li>Create signatures. Don't forget to upload your KEY: + <code>gpg -a -b --force-v3-sigs fop-0.20.5rc3-bin.tar.gz etc.</code></li> + <li>[md5?]</li> + <li>Upload to www.apache.org. (An account on daedalus is needed): + <code>scp fop-0.20.5rc3*.tar.gz* +chrisg@www.apache.org:/www/www.apache.org/dist/xml/fop/</code></li> + <li>Check permissions: + <code>chmod 664 ... ; chgrp xml ...</code></li> + <li>Make a test download.</li> + <li>Wait 24 hours (for the mirrors to catch up).</li> + <li>Post announcements on fop-dev and fop-user mailing lists.</li> + <li>Add bugzilla entry for the new release id.</li> + </ul> + </section> + <section id="other-checklists"> + <title>Resources</title> + <p>The following is a sample of some other project release checlists, which might be consulted for ideas:</p> + <ul> + <li><jump href="http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/xml-batik/MAINTAIN?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup">Batik</jump></li> + <li><jump href="http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/ant/ReleaseInstructions?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup">Ant</jump></li> + <li><jump href="http://jakarta.apache.org/cactus/participating/release_checklist.html">Cactus</jump></li> + </ul> + <p>Following are links with information about mirroring:</p> + <ul> + <li><jump href="http://apache.bilkent.edu.tr/dev/mirrors.html">Apache Mirroring</jump></li> + <li>Stefan Bodewig's <jump href="http://cvs.apache.org/~bodewig/mirror.html">Making your Downloads Mirrorable</jump></li> + </ul> + </section> + </body> +</document> |