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Note: If the main site is not syncing go to selfserve.apache.org and click "synchronize git repositories".

Producing a Release Candidate

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• https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/IncubatorReleaseChecklist – whether a project is in the Apache Incubator or not, these items need to be checked since they're important for all Apache releases

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Make sure you have the

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Right Permissions

1. You must be a PPMC member /

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1. Committer in Apache NetBeans
2. You must have connected your Apache ID to Apache NetBeans GitHub via GitBox: https://gitbox.apache.org

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2. You must be able to change the branch being used for

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1. Jenkins builds,
   i.e., see 

   Jira
   server ASF JIRA serverId 5aa69414-a9e9-3523-82ec-879b028fb15b key INFRA-17082

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1. You shall have a PGP KEY

2. Obtaining

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and Preparing the Release Candidate Files

1. Determine the version of the

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1. release,

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1.   e.g. 9.0-vc1, for voting candidate 1,

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1. later it's going to be referred as $VERSION
2. Go to the

1. incubator-netbeans-release

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1. job on Apache's Jenkins
2. Build with Parameters

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1. , fill $VERSION into the VERSION input line

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1. and Build

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1. Wait the

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or

1. job to

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1. be finished.
2. Download and extract the build artifacts.

3. Check the SHA512 checksums:

   Code Block

1. find . -name '*.

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1. sha512' -exec

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1. sha512sum --check '{}'

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1. \;

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1. 
   

2. Sign the Release Files

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   find . -name '*.zip' -exec gpg --armor --output {}.asc --detach-sig {} \; # STop here if nbms are not going to be published find . -name '*.nbm' -exec

(should print things like "<zip>: OK")

4. Signing the release candidate

-create a GPG key, see:
https://www.apache.org/dev/release-signing.html
-for each zip file ($ZIP) do:
gpg --armor --output $ZIP.asc --detach-sig $ZIP
E.g.:

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1. gpg --armor --output

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1. {}.asc --detach-sig

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or

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1. {} \; find . -name '*.

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1. gz'

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1. -exec gpg --armor --output

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1. {}.asc --detach-sig

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1. {}

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or

1. \;

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2. Verify Signatures

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1. find . -name '*.asc' -exec gpg --verify

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1. {}

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1. \;

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5. Publishing them in the staging area

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3. Verifying the Release by Checklist

1. Go through the Apache Incubator Release Checklist
   (whether a project is in the Apache Incubator or not, these items need to be checked since they're important for all Apache releases)
2. Check the Product version:
   Start Apache NetBeans and check the Title and the Help > About Dialog
3. Check GPL License is present and need to be accepted:
   
   1. Start NetBeans with an empty User directory
   2. Open a Java SE project: installing nb-javac shall present GPL
   3. Start NetBeans with an empty User directory
   4. Create a new PHP project: installing Graal JS shall present GPL

4. Publishing them in the staging area

Create an empty directory for the release then:

svn checkout --depth immediates https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/

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cd dist/dev && svn update --depth immediates incubator
cd incubator/netbeans && svn update --set-depth infinity

--publishing to staging repository:
---create directories for the release, e.g. incubating-netbeans-platform/incubating-$VERSION, incubating-netbeans-java/incubating-$VERSION
---place the source zips, convenience binaries and the sha1, md5 asn asc files into the appropriate folder, e.g.:
incubating-netbeans-java/incubating-9.0-beta/incubating-netbeans-java-9.0-beta-bin.zip
incubating-netbeans-java/incubating-9.0-beta/incubating-netbeans-java-9.0-beta-bin.zip.asc
incubating-netbeans-java/incubating-9.0-beta/incubating-netbeans-java-9.0-beta-bin.zip.md5
incubating-netbeans-java/incubating-9.0-beta/incubating-netbeans-java-9.0-beta-bin.zip.sha1
incubating-netbeans-java/incubating-9.0-beta/incubating-netbeans-java-9.0-beta-source.zip
incubating-netbeans-java/incubating-9.0-beta/incubating-netbeans-java-9.0-beta-source.zip.asc
incubating-netbeans-java/incubating-9.0-beta/incubating-netbeans-java-9.0-beta-source.zip.md5
incubating-netbeans-java/incubating-9.0-beta/incubating-netbeans-java-9.0-beta-source.zip.sha1
incubating-netbeans-platform/incubating-9.0-beta/incubating-netbeans-platform-9.0-beta-bin.zip
incubating-netbeans-platform/incubating-9.0-beta/incubating-netbeans-platform-9.0-beta-bin.zip.asc
incubating-netbeans-platform/incubating-9.0-beta/incubating-netbeans-platform-9.0-beta-bin.zip.md5
incubating-netbeans-platform/incubating-9.0-beta/incubating-netbeans-platform-9.0-beta-bin.zip.sha1
incubating-netbeans-platform/incubating-9.0-beta/incubating-netbeans-platform-9.0-beta-source.zip
incubating-netbeans-platform/incubating-9.0-beta/incubating-netbeans-platform-9.0-beta-source.zip.asc
incubating-netbeans-platform/incubating-9.0-beta/incubating-netbeans-platform-9.0-beta-source.zip.md5
incubating-netbeans-platform/incubating-9.0-beta/incubating-netbeans-platform-9.0-beta-source.zip.sha1

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