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The last line is to remove the previous version, since only the most recent version on a particular branch should be in the dist directory (older versions are archived automatically, see http://archive.apache.org/dist/bigtop/ and http://www.apache.org/dev/mirrors.html).

This page describes how to make a release of Apache Bigtop. Most of the content is shamelessly stolen from the the Whirr release process – thanks Whirr team!

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VERSION=X.Y.Z #Example: 1.3.0
CANDIDATE=C #Example: RC2
svn co https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/bigtop
cd bigtop
svn mv https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/bigtop/bigtop-$VERSION-$CANDIDATE https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/bigtop/bigtop-$VERSION
rm stable
ln -s bigtop-$VERSION stable
svn commit

The last line is to remove the previous version, since only the most recent version on a particular branch should be in the dist directory (older versions are archived automatically, see http://archive.apache.org/dist/bigtop/ and http://www.apache.org/dev/mirrors.html).

Log in to https://Log in to https://repository.apache.org, click on Staging on the left. Select the repository that you closed earlier, and click Release, using a description like "Apache Bigtop X.Y.Z artifacts". This will make the artifacts publicly available.

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VERSION=X.Y.Z #Example: 1.2.1
svn co https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/bigtop
cd bigtop
svn delete bigtop-$VERSION
svn commit

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