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Developers using Linux workstations can skip over the references to PuTTY and Cygwin

Each time

(There are also one-time setup instructions)

1

Tag the release by making a SVN copy of the head or designated revision

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svn copy -r ###### https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/struts/struts2/trunk https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/struts/struts2/tags/STRUTS_#_#_# -m Tag r447072 as Struts #.#.#

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9	Add the next version to our issue tracker for scheduling new features and fixes

One time

Create and install a SSH key

1	Install PuTTY
2	Use PuttyGen to create a SSH key (see Putty help for details)
3	Use PuTTY to ssh to people.apache.org
4	Create a ~/.ssh folder
5	`pscp` your SSH public key to `~/authorized_keys`
6	ssh to p.a.o
7	Create a `~\.ssh` folder and move authorized_keys there
8	Configure putty to use your private key and save the session

Create a PGP key

1	Install cgywin, including utils/gpg
2	Generate a key with `$ gpg --gen-key`
3	Backup your home directory to another media
4	Add your key to `people.apache.org/www.apache.org/dist/struts/KEYS`

Update Maven settings for our servers

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Create a settings.xml under .m2 (in your Document and Settings folder)

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<settings xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
          xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.0.0.xsd">
    <!-- Uncomment this when the 'central' repo on ibiblio is down 
         See: http://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-mirror-settings.html -->
    <!-- mirrors>
      <mirror>
        <id>ggi-project.org</id>
        <url>http://ftp.ggi-project.org/pub/packages/maven2</url>
        <mirrorOf>central</mirrorOf>
      </mirror>
    </mirrors -->
    <servers>
       <server>
          <id>apache.snapshots</id>
          <username>$USERNAME</username>
          <privateKey>$PATH_TO_PRIVATE_KEY</privateKey>
       </server>
       <server>
          <username>$USERNAME</username>
          <privateKey>$PATH_TO_PRIVATE_KEY</privateKey>
       </server>
    </servers>
   <profiles>
     <profile>
        <id>cargo-config</id>
         <properties>
            <cargo.tomcat5x.home>$PATH_TO_TOMCAT_5</cargo.tomcat5x.home>
         </properties>
      </profile>
   </profiles>
   <activeProfiles>
      <activeProfile>cargo-config</activeProfile>
   </activeProfiles>
</settings>

Expose a copy of known hosts to Maven

1	from cygwin, ssh to people.apache.org, save the public key if prompted, and exit
2	cygwin will save the known hosts to your ~/.ssh folder, but the script cannot access it there (from Windows)
3	from cygwin (not Windows) create another .ssh folder at
4	copy the known_hosts file to the new .ssh folder

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