Struts 1.2.5 Release

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The release manager is James Mitchell

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Summary

Component

Prevents Release

See on the Commons Preparation Guide

	Description	Completed
0.	Announce plan to dev@ list; link from roadmap page	done
1.	Review/Resolve Outstanding Bugs	As to Problem tickets, yes we should resolve or problems, or at least state the reason why. If we can't fix the problems, we must at least acknowledge the outstanding problem tickets.
2.	Update Release Notes	done
3.	Check Dependencies	done
4.	Update to version 1.2.5 build.xml, project.xml, and the MANIFEST.MF	done

Dependency versions for this release:

What about these?

antlr	2.7.2	Released
Jakarta Oro	2.0.8	Released

	Description	Completed
1.	Run Unit Test targets	done
2.	Run Cactus Tests (see below)	done
3.	Play test bundled applications (latest GA release of Tomcat)	done

Note - would be nice to have a set of Struts test cases (or WebTest cases) to run against these apps

A6.	If vote fails (including lack of quorum), remove test-build cvs.apache.org	_
A7.	If vote passes, update "Acquiring" page on website	_
A8.	If vote passes, deploy JAR to Apache Java-Repository	_

	Description	Completed
B1.	Create Sums and Sign Distributions	_
B2.	Copy Distribution to Mirrored Directories	_
B3.	Update "Acquiring" page on website and Test Downloads	_
B4.	Post an announcement to lists and website	_
B5.	Request new Bugzilla version level (1.2.5)	_

Gentoo is publishing Struts distributions. In order to have them publish the latest Struts version a bug should be raised in their bugzilla system.

	Description	Completed
A1.	Tag distribution in svn: STRUTS_1_2_5	done
A2.	Run build release target (ant release)	done
A3.	Upload test build to cvs.apache.org:/www/cvs.apache.org/dist/struts/v1.2.5	done
A4.	Announce test-build on dev@ and pmc@ lists only	done: 17-oct-2004
A5.	Post release-quality vote on dev@ list	(may be sent 20-oct-2004)