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This is the new release process for Apache Felix, based on the updated Maven process

Prerequisites

To prepare or perform a release you MUST BE at least an Apache Felix Committer.

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If the vote is unsuccessful, you need to fix the issues and restart the process - see Canceling the Release.
If the vote is successful, you need to promote and distribute the release - see Promoting the Release.

Canceling the Release

If the vote fails, or you decide to redo the release:

1. remove the release tag from Subversion (svn del ...)
2. login to https://repository.apache.org using your Apache SVN credentials. Click on Staging on the left. Then click on org.apache.felix in the list of repositories. In the panel below you should see a closed repository that is linked to your username and IP (if it's not yet closed you need to right click and select Close). Right click on this repository and select Drop.
3. rollback the version in the pom.xml and commit any fixes you need to make

Promoting the Release

If the vote is successfulpasses:

1. copy the released artifacts to the Felix dist directory (/www.apache.org/dist/felix) on people.apache.org
2. delete the old release from the Felix dist directory (it's archived)
3. login to https://repository.apache.org with your Apache SVN credentials. Click on Staging. Find your closed staging repository, right click on it and choose Promote. Select the Releases repository from the drop-down list and click Promote.
4. next click on Repositories, select the Releases repository and validate that your artifacts are all there
5. if you're releasing bundles, you can also add them to the Felix Release OBR (see Appendix C).
6. update the news section on the website
7. update the download page on the website to point to the new release.

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