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For a dry run, add '-DdryRun=true'. If you do a dry run, use 'mvn release:clean' to clean up after you have looked at the output.
When prompted for the SCM tag name, follow this pattern: STRUTS_MASTER_\[PATCH_VERSION\] Wiki Markup
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For some reason, when using svn client 1.5, the release plugin might fail to tag the release, if it fails, run: |
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Send a short e-mail to dev@struts.a.o informing about the new packages and to give people enough time to test the distribution (actual bits). Wait around a week before posting Vote. If no show-stoppers reported, start a vote thread for build quality designation.
The new build is available from staging repository -> https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/staging/org/apache/struts/struts-master/\[PATCH_VERSION\]/
Vote on it
Post a release/quality vote to the dev list (and only the dev list). The example mail is on Sample Announcements page.
If the vote result is for an ASF release (i.e. not test build), update site, announce. If the vote result is for GA, push to central.
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