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Generate Release

• tag all the files with the a new version tagRC tag, e.g. 2.3.2RC1
• extract files from SVN using the tag into a new directory tree
• create distribution files:
  • ant distribution -Djmeter.version=m.n -Duser.name=user-AT-apache.org
  • sign distribution files (gpg -ba file)
    

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• upload to temporary location (e.g. personal dir)
  • cd public_html ; mkdir jmeter-m.n
  • cd jmeter-m.n
  • mkdir dist
  • svn co http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/jakarta/jmeter/tags/vm_nxx/docs

• Wiki Markup
  send round \[VOTE\] e-mail to jmeter-dev and general AT jakarta

• Wait for any feedback; address any issues raised, if necessary by creating another release tag
• If at least 3 PMC votes, then continue

• Wiki Markup
  send round \[VOTE\] \[RESULT\] e-mail to same mailing lists \\

Upload files

• Copy the RC tag to the release tag
• copy archives to /www/www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jmeter/binaries and /www/www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jmeter/source
• delete any obsolete releases (keep the current one)
• check files are visible and downloadable from www.apache.org (2+ hours)
  
• wait a day or so for mirrors to catch up
  

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