Following table captures a list of work items to be completed for a successful release. This list will evolve in the first few meetings but should stabilize as we approach the release dates. Also, specific tasks would eventually translate into JIRAs.
Version Consensus:
As per the suggestions on the mailing list, the initial release will be 1.0.0-incubating.M1 similar to how Spring projects use releases. This may be followed by one or subsequent milestone releases (.M2, M3, etc). As stability improves and the community determines the project is ready we can prepare release candidates 1.0.0-incubating.RC1, .RC2, etc and finally a final release 1.0.0-incubating.RELEASE.
# | Activity | Tasks | Alpha(s) | M#.RC1 | M#.RC2Release Candidate | ... |
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1 | Scope & Preparation |
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2 | Packaging & Signing Release Check |
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3 | Voting & Approvals |
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4 | Publishing & Announcements |
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Following table describes the alpha first milestone (M1) scope and steps, to be voted as Release Candidate 1:
Category | Work Item | Owner | ETA | Status | Notes (updates/ risks/ etc) | ||||||||||||||
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Preparation |
| Nitin Lamba | Oct 02 | Done | Agile Board | ||||||||||||||
Preparation |
| Nitin Lamba | Dec 07 | Done | Updated Release management & Release process pages | ||||||||||||||
Scope |
| Bruce Schuchardt | Nov 20 | Done | Merged into develop | ||||||||||||||
Scope |
| Dick Cavender | Dec 31 | Done | includes RAT | ||||||||||||||
Scope |
| Anthony Baker | Dec 31 | Done | licensing fixes; related to RAT | ||||||||||||||
Scope |
| Anthony Baker | Dec 01 | Done | findbugs annotation resolved. | ||||||||||||||
Scope |
| Anthony Baker | Dec | Done | Generate source artifacts | ||||||||||||||
Preparation | Version: 1.0.0-incubator.M1 | Community | Jan 11 | Done | |||||||||||||||
Review |
| ?Anthony Baker | [Jan 15] | Open | Done | Fixed with RC1 feedback | |||||||||||||
Preparation | Release Branch in Git: 1.0.0-incubator.M1 Create JIRA version 1.0.0-incubator.M1 Update the versionNumber in gradle.properties | Release Manager | [Jan 12] | In ProgressDone | Git: Complete JIRA: Complete Gradle: | Needs update?Release process captured on Wiki | |||||||||||||
Preparation | All Tests pass/ Nightly builds stable | Kirk Lund | ? | OpenOK. Optional | CI (pre-checkin DUnit) tests are still unstable. | ||||||||||||||
Packaging | Release Notes: (not packaged with src tarball) | Release Manager | [Jan 15] | OpenDone | Needs review/ clean-up: 1.0.0-incubating.M1 Notes are generated from JIRA here | ||||||||||||||
Signing | Preparing for Code signing
| Release Manager | Jan 15 | In ProgressDone | Generate KEYS file listing all the committers. | ||||||||||||||
Signing | Signing src artifacts
| Release ManagerAnthony Baker | In Progress | ||||||||||||||||
Internal Review | Validate Release checklist items | Release Manager | Jan 12 | In Progress | Pending GEODE-610. | ||||||||||||||
PMC Review | |||||||||||||||||||
Voting | PMC vote and publishing | Release Manager | Voting | ||||||||||||||||
Done | |||||||||||||||||||
Publishing | Documentation/ fixes on website | Publishing | Artifacts in Maven Repo
| David Barnes/ Karen Miller | Done | Website fixes complete. Docs needing final version/ review | |||||||||||||
Publishing | Artifacts in Maven Repo | 777
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| Release Manager | In Process | ||||||||||||||
Publishing | Documentation/ fixes on website
| Release Manager | In Process | Website fixes complete. Docs needing final version/ review | |||||||||||||||
Done | Release bits parked: https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachegeode-1001/ | ||||||||||||||||||
Internal Review | Validate Release checklist items | Release Manager | Jan 16 | Done | Pending GEODE-610. | ||||||||||||||
Voting | PMC vote and publishing | Announcement | Announce to mailing lists/ etc | Release Manager | Done | Voting |
And following table captures the activities for the Release Candidate after the trial run:
PMC Review | Validating artifacts for Release Candidate 1 | Jan 17-25 | Done | Good feedback | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Review & Fix | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Category | Work Item | Owner | ETA | Status | Notes (updates/ risks/ etc) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Scope |
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Decide if in scope | Scope |
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Preparation | Version: 1.0.0-incubating.M2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preparation | Release Branch in Git Rename the JIRA version to 1.0.0-incubating.M2 Update the versionNumber in gradle.properties | Release Manager | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preparation | All Tests pass/ Nightly builds stable | Kirk/ Anil? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Packaging | Release Notes | Mark Bretl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Internal Review | Validate Release checklist items | Release Manager | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Signing | Code signing for artifacts | Release Manager | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All | Jan 20-27 | Done | Fixed blocker issues | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Voting | PMC vote and publishing | Release Manager | Jan 27 | Done | Sent VOTE e-mail | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PMC Review | Validating artifacts for Release Candidate 2 | Jan 27-31 | Done | PMC Review | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Voting | PMC vote and publishing | RM/ Mentor? | Voting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publishing | Artifacts in Maven Repo | Release Manager | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publishing |
| Greg/ William David Barnes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Announcement | Announce to mailing lists/ etc | Release Manager |