2016-03 Details: How to Check a Release

Work in progress...

General getting started information here

tbd

Additional Information

• command line interface information

BEFORE you unzip the release candidate

1a Check that Checksums are valid

Add information about tools to use, tips, and tricks for checking this information.

1b Check that PGP signature is valid

Add information about PGP tools, procedure.

AFTER you unzip the release candidate

2 Check the commit ID matches the VOTE email

The idea here is to check that the commit ID in the downloaded file matches that in the VOTE email.

Approach 1 (using command line terminal and Git command)

Essentially, this approach is comparing TBD.

1. Make a new directory and change to that directory (e.g., mkdir 1 ; cd 1)
2. Git clone that-repository (which repository?? from where??)
3. Checkout the commit id from the repository you just created: git checkout <commit_id>
4.  rm -rf* (remove a directory? I don't understand this step. – Gale)
5. 
   

3a Check the incubator disclaimer

tbd

3b Check the file names include "incubating"

tbd

4 Check the top-level LICENSE and NOTICE files

tbd

5 Check the source file headers

6 Check the provenance