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git fetch origin --prune
git checkout developmaster
git pull

Create a release branch

git flow release start X.X.X.X

Now you should be on release/X.X.X.X branch (git status supposed to confirm that).

Prepare release

Tag the release by using the "release:prepare" goal of Maven:

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To simplify testing, the assemblies have to be moved to the https:/www/peopledist.apache.org/buildsrepos/dist/dev/struts/$VERSION dir.

After closing repository in Nexus, check if the release files are available from staging repository as bellow:

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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.

Clean up repository

It doesn't matter if the bits will be accepted or not, development continues  Switch to release/X.X.X.X branch and execute the below command:

git flow release finish -n X.X.X.X

-n option is need to avoid tagging the release, the Maven Release plugin did that already.

Now both master and develop branches should be up to date with the changes introduced by the release.

Push changes

Do not forget to push your local changes to the Apache repo

git push

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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Wait 24 hours before proceeding.

Update site

• Make sure you have linked your Apache and Github account in Apache GitBox (Dual Master Git alowing you to directly push to GitHub), see https://gitbox.apache.org/setup/

• Check out site src code

  Code Block
  svngit coclone https://svngithub.com/apache.org/repos/asf/struts/site/ -site.git

  or use SSH instead:

  Code Block
  git clone git@github.com:apache/struts-site .git

• If a new DTD was defined, add it to source/dtds
• Update current version and release date in struts-site/_config.yml
• Update page source files
  • struts-site/source/announce.md (if applicable, refer also to corresponding security bulletin)
  • struts-site/source/downloads.html (Prior Releases section)
  • struts-site/source/index.html (some parts will updated automatically with values defined in _config.yml)
• Generate site with Docker Jekyll image
  • jekyll build
  • you must have Docker installed and running
  • if you are doing this the first time, download the official Struts image to build the site from https://hub.docker.com/r/theapachestruts/struts-site-jekyll/
  • start docker-machine
  • now you can use one of the bash scripts already provided in the struts-site:
    • docker-run.sh - used with Bash
    • docker-run.fish - to use with Fish Shell (via fish docker-run.fish)
  • now with jekyll serve -w you can check the generated site at http://localhost:4000

• Commit the changes and the generated content

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We leave this as the last step, once the artifacts have had time to sync up on the mirrors. Target it to: user@struts.a.o and announcements@struts, announcements@struts.a.o and  announce@a.o, samples are available at Sample announcements page