Page History

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svn commit -m "Preparing for release X.Y.0-incubating"

5. Create a release branch.

svn copy https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/sqoop/trunk \
  https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/sqoop/branches/branch-X.Y.0 \
  -m "Branching for X.Y.0 releases"

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svn commit -m "Preparing for release X.Y+1.0-incubating development"

Updating the Release Branch

1. Check out the branch.

svn co https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/sqoop/branches/branch-X.Y.0

2. 9. (Optional) Tag the a release candidate, where R is the iteration number for this release candidate:

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Performing sanity check

1. Check out the release branch.

svn co https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/sqoop/branches/branch-X.Y.0

2. Run tests on the release branch.

3. Generate release tarball.

ant tar

42. Check license

• Download RAT
• Run "java -jar apache-rat*.jar" on the release tarball.
• There should be only one known violation, i.e CHANGES.txt.