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This page borrows many of the commands from Raymond's release script but with a bit more explanation and a few extra useful commands. The commands here were taken from when release 1.1 RC3a was under preparation. Note that this document has been updated from experience gained with the SDO 1.1.1 release, which was the first release made after exiting incubation; as such, whilst the release names used in this document refer to an "incubating" version, the svn repository and the maven repository have been updated to the non incubating versions. It's also fair to say that it's unlikely that you will want to run all of these commands in sequence as you generally end up repeating sections as release preparation progresses.

Call for releases

(Note that the maven tuscany plugin will most likely need to be released in parallel with the Tuscany release)

At some point someone in the community will call for a release based on the features and fixes that have been under development in the trunk. Typically the first stage in the release process is to decide on who is going to be the release manager, i.e. who is going to ensure that all the steps are taken to ensure a good release. This will typical involve someone volunteering and a vote on the dev list. The next thing is the create a branch where the code can be stabilized and testing can start on the release artifacts. It's useful to try and ensure that the code is complete as possible and that all the samples run before the branch is created. This removes the need for a lot of double fixing between the branch and the trunk.

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