apache/uima-uimaj

Apache UIMA Java SDK 3.3.1 release

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Prepare the code

  • Create release branch: release/3.3.1
  • Update README.md file
  • Update RELEASE_NOTES.md file
  • Check the LICENSE and NOTICE files for the binary release
  • Make sure to remove all SNAPSHOT repositories and SNAPSHOT dependencies
  • Update Jira version in POM for fixed-issues report
  • Update API comparison version in POM
  • Check that the Eclipse classpath files which are checked in as part of the examples have the proper version numbers for their JARs
  • Update the version in the uimaj-eclipse-update-site
  • Set dropPrevVersions to true in the uimaj-eclipse-update-site POM

Release build

  • Do a test build locally with -Papache-release with a clean local m2 repository
  • Check the issues report in issuesFixed if it looks ok
  • Do the release build (mvn -DautoVersionSubmodules=true release:prepare release:perform)
  • Build the Eclipse update site using mvn -f uimaj-eclipse-update-site/pom.xml clean install -Papache-release

Stage release candidate

  • Close the staging repository at http://repository.apache.org/
  • Check out release staging svn spot https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/uima/
  • Copy artifacts from target/checkout/target to a subdirectory of the release staging spot
  • Copy the update site to a subdirectory of the release staging spot and commit (Caution: the update site contains a .svn folder that needs to be removed!)

Vote

  • Call for a vote including URLs for
  • VOTE (wait at least for 72 hours, at least 3 +1 votes required for release)
  • Post vote results (sign mail using same GPG key that was used to sign release)

Publish release

  • Copy existing Eclipse update site to the archive spot: svn copy -m "create eclipse plugin archive for uimaj-3.3.0" https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/uima/eclipse-update-site-v3/uimaj https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/uima/archive-eclipse-update-site/uimaj-3.3.0
  • Remove old Eclipse update site: svn rm -m "Removing previous UIMAJ update site to make space for new one" https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/uima/eclipse-update-site-v3/uimaj
  • Move new Eclipse update site from the staging to the release spot: svn mv -m "Installing UIMAJ 3.3.1 update site from accepted RC1" https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/uima/uimaj-3.3.1-rc-1/eclipse-update-site-v3/uimaj https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/uima/eclipse-update-site-v3/uimaj
  • Move the other release artifacts from the staging spot to the dist spot in SVN: svn mv -m "Installing UIMAJ 3.3.1 final to release spot" https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/uima/uimaj-3.3.1-rc-1 https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/uima/uimaj-3.3.1
  • Release staging repository at https://repository.apache.org/
  • Create a new git tag e.g. rel/uimaj-3.3.1 and remove the one not prefixed with rel
  • Merge the release branch into the development branch (maintenance/3.3.x)
  • Update the "current" release on the website with the new content (and delete anything no longer part of the "current" release)
  • Copy the versioned release to the archive spot already: svn copy -m "Archiving UIMAJ 3.3.0 documentation" https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/uima/site/trunk/uima-website/docs/d/uimaj-current https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/uima/site/archive/docs/d/uimaj-3.3.1
  • Close release in Jira and GitHub
  • Post release announcement to announce@apache.org (Cc: dev@uima.apache.org, user@uima.apache.org -- once release has arrived at https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/uima/uimaj-core/ -- sign mail using same GPG key that was used to sign release)