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• Create a release tag in in Apache Jira
• Make sure all issues tagged with the release are finished
• Wiki MarkupIs the correct version tag set in the pom.xml? - Should be "apache-esme-\[VERSION-NO\]-incubating"
• Are the current developers in the pom-xml?
• Are all the maven dependencies pointing to reproducible versions - not snapshots.
• Are all the maven dependencies correctly licensed? Do a "mvn site" and check the licenses.
• Are there any unused dependencies? Do a "mvn dependency:analyze" to check.
• Update the CHANGES.TXT file based on the JIRA output for that release
• Update the README.TXT if necessary
• To upload the release on your private people.apache.org space, you must first create a directory "public_html" with a subdirectory "esme". The signed files go here.

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In order to sign the release, you must first create a private PGP key.

Look here for details

Cutting a release

1. do a svn update with the following URL "_https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/esme_" to an empty directory
2. delete or rename your .m2/repository directory
3. Is the release able to be compiled?: do a "mvn compile. There should be no errors.
4. Are all tests successful? do a "mvn test". There should be no tests that fail
5. Is the release runnable? Do a "mvn jetty:run". Can you start ESME and perform the basic tests (List missing)
6. Wiki MarkupTag the the release via SVN. The tag should be called "apache-esme-\[VERSION-NO\]-incubating"
7. Use SVN export on the SVN tagged directory to create a directory of files that doesn't include any SVN-related files.unmigrated-wiki-markup
8. Create a tar file based on that directory. Gzip that file. The file should be named apache-esme-\[VERSION-NO\]-incubating.src.tar.gz". Once other types of files (war, etc) are released, then other tar file names may be necessary

Testing the release

1. Unpack the tar file in an empty directory
2. Remove the maven .m2/repository
3. Attempt to build ESME with a "mvn test jetty:run"

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Uploading the release candidate to your private space

1. Logon to psftp with the following command "psftp -l [USERNAME]@people.apache.org -pw [PASSWORD] [USERNAME]@people.apache.org
2. Use a pstp psftp to load the files to your private area in the directory "public_html/esme"
3. The following files should be present:

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1. create a vote post on the esme-dev mailing list. The post should have the following format:

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   *Subject*: _\[VOTE\] Approve the release of apache-esme-incubating-1.0_

   Contents:

   Hi,I have posted our candidate for the first Apache release developed
   within the ESME podling.

   This is my second attempt at this release. I've now added the correct
   licensing for the files in the "esme-java-client" directory

   The candidate can be found at

   http://people.apache.org/~rhirsch/esme/

   See the CHANGES.txt file for details on release contents. The release
   candidate is a tar archive of the sources inhttps://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/esme/tags/esme-1.0-incubating/

   The MD5 checksum of the apache-esme-incubating-1.0-src.tar.gz release package is
   A4 9B 04 07 47 66 41 0C FE 01 2D 8B 5C 23 33 18

   Please vote on releasing this package as Apache ESME 1.0-incubating.
   The vote is open for the next 72 hours and passes if
   a majority of at least three +1 ESME PPMC votes is reached. Assuming
   the vote passes, I will ask the Incubator PMC to approve the release.

   Wiki Markup\[ \ ] \ +1 Release this package as Apache ESME 1.0-incubating \
   [ \ ] \ -1 Do not release this package because...

   Here's my +1.

   Thanks in advance for your patience with me as manager of this release.

   Dick Hirsch

   2. After 72 hours after the vote, count the votes and create a post with the following contents:

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*Subject*: \ [VOTE\]\[RESULT\] ESME 1.0

Contents:

Hello All,

Voting on the ESME 1.0 candidate release has concluded

Results:

6 binding +1 vote

Dick Hirsch +1
Mrinal Wadhwa +1
Vassil Dichev +1
Ethan Jewett +1
Anne Kathrine Petteroe +1
Darren Hague +1

1 non-binding +1 votes

Daniel Koller +1

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The ESME community has voted on and approved the release of ESME 1.0.
We would now like to request the approval of the Incubator PMC for
this release.

Details of the ESME community vote can be found here:http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-esme-dev/201002.mbox/%3Cfa2d9f451002120649u54cdd8b5red151033d655b66a@mail.gmail.com%3E^{Image Removed}

The candidate can be found at:

http://people.apache.org/~rhirsch/esme/^{Image Removed}

See the CHANGES.txt file for details on release contents. The release
candidate is a tar archive of the sources inhttps://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/esme/tags/esme-1.0-incubating/^{Image Removed}

The MD5 checksum of the apache-esme-incubating-1.0-
src.tar.gz release package is
A4 9B 04 07 47 66 41 0C FE 01 2D 8B 5C 23 33 18

Please vote on releasing this package as Apache ESME 1.0-incubating.

Please vote to publish this release by Thursday, Feb 18 16:03 CET,
please include the testing you performed to arrive at your vote
[ ] +1 Publish
[ ] 0 Abstain
[ ] -1 Don't publish, because...

Below is a summary of the vote on the ESME mailing list

Thanks

Dick

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Hello All,

Voting on the ESME 1.0 candidate release has concluded

Results:

6 binding +1 vote

Dick Hirsch +1
Mrinal Wadhwa +1
Vassil Dichev +1
Ethan Jewett +1
Anne Kathrine Petteroe +1
Darren Hague +1

1 non-binding +1 votes

Daniel Koller +1