This page intended to give some instructions for a release manager who is not familiar with Release Process internals.

I (Nikolay Izhikov) will make step-by-step instruction from it when Ignite 2.7 will be release.

Prerequisites:

Write access to Apache GIT repository(commiter priveleges) - https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=ignite.git
Access to Team City Release tasks - https://ci.ignite.apache.org/project.html?projectId=ApacheIgniteReleaseJava8
Your GPG key in https://apache.org/dist/ignite/KEYS - see GPG section

Preparation Steps:

Run [Prepare Vote #1] Java &.Net & C++ (Complete assembly) for ignite-x.x branch

Download and unzip release archive. It can be found at "Artifacts " tab on build page.

dragon:~/download:[]$ unzip release-2.7.0-rc0.zip

3. Run vote scripts:
Step 1:

dragon:~/download/release:[]$ ./vote_1\[git\]create_rc_tag.sh 
Preparing vote 2.7.0-rc0
Removing obsolete tag...
2.7.0
-rc0
Deleted tag '2.7.0-rc0' (was b2119988f0)
Username for 'https://git-wip-us.apache.org': nizhikov
Password for 'https://nizhikov@git-wip-us.apache.org': 
To https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/ignite
 - [deleted]               2.7.0-rc0
On branch master
Your branch is ahead of 'my/master' by 2 commits.
  (use "git push" to publish your local commits)

nothing to commit, working tree clean
Creating new tag...
Username for 'https://git-wip-us.apache.org': nizhikov
Password for 'https://nizhikov@git-wip-us.apache.org': 
Counting objects: 1, done.
Writing objects: 100% (1/1), 166 bytes | 166.00 KiB/s, done.
Total 1 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
To https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/ignite
 * [new tag]               2.7.0-rc0 -> 2.7.0-rc0
 
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RC tag should be created.
Please check results at 
https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=ignite.git;a=tags

Please, check corresponding git tag is created.
Step 2:
Note: If you've already uploaded stagin release, you should remove it from nexus - https://repository.apache.org/#stagingRepositories

dragon:~/download/release:[]$ ./vote_2\[mvn\]\[pgp\]deploy_to_staging.sh 
Preparing vote 2.7.0-rc0
Uploading ./org/apache/ignite/ignite-spark (1 of 53).
Uploading ./org/apache/ignite/ignite-clients (2 of 53).

...
Uploading ./org/apache/ignite/ignite-mqtt (53 of 53).
Uploaded
 
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Maven staging should be created
Please check results at
https://repository.apache.org/#stagingRepositories
Don't forget to close staging with proper comment

Step 3:
Note: This script is locale specific. You should execute it on the en locale


dragon:~/download/release:[]$ ./vote_3_step_1\[packages\]build.sh 
...

dpkg-deb: building package 'apache-ignite' in '../apache-ignite_2.7.0-1_all.deb'.
copied '/tmp/tmp.rEePHrMMWU/apache-ignite_2.7.0-1_all.deb' -> '/home/dragon/download/release/packaging/apache-ignite_2.7.0-1_all.deb'
удалён '/tmp/tmp.rEePHrMMWU/apache-ignite_2.7.0-1_all.deb'
Removing temporary work directories: /tmp/tmp.rEePHrMMWU 

=== Run time: 0h:00m:36s ===

packaging/apache-ignite-2.7.0-1.noarch.rpm:
Processing packaging/apache-ignite_2.7.0-1_all.deb...
gpg: все значения, переданные в '--default-key', игнорируются
Signed deb packaging/apache-ignite_2.7.0-1_all.deb
mkdir: создан каталог 'packaging/pkg'
renamed 'packaging/apache-ignite-2.7.0-1.noarch.rpm' -> 'packaging/pkg/apache-ignite-2.7.0-1.noarch.rpm'
renamed 'packaging/apache-ignite_2.7.0-1_all.deb' -> 'packaging/pkg/apache-ignite_2.7.0-1_all.deb'


dragon:~/download/release:[]$ ./vote_3_step_2\[pgp\]sign_artifacts.sh 
# Starting GPG Agent #
Signing ./svn/vote/apache-ignite-fabric-2.7.0-bin.zip
Signing ./svn/vote/apache-ignite-2.7.0-src.zip
Signing ./svn/vote/apache-ignite-hadoop-2.7.0-bin.zip
Signed OK.
 
===============================================
Artifacts should be signed
Please check results at ./svn/vote
Each file should have corresponding *.asc file

NOTE: Package files are not signed because they
are meant to be stored in Bintray


dragon:~/download/release:[]$ ./vote_3_step_3\[svn\]deploy_artifacts.sh 
RC 2.7.0-rc0
Добавляю  (бинарный)  svn/vote/apache-ignite-2.7.0-src.zip
Добавляю          svn/vote/apache-ignite-2.7.0-src.zip.asc
Добавляю          svn/vote/apache-ignite-2.7.0-src.zip.sha512
Добавляю  (бинарный)  svn/vote/apache-ignite-fabric-2.7.0-bin.zip
Добавляю          svn/vote/apache-ignite-fabric-2.7.0-bin.zip.asc
Добавляю          svn/vote/apache-ignite-fabric-2.7.0-bin.zip.sha512
Добавляю  (бинарный)  svn/vote/apache-ignite-hadoop-2.7.0-bin.zip
Добавляю          svn/vote/apache-ignite-hadoop-2.7.0-bin.zip.asc
Добавляю          svn/vote/apache-ignite-hadoop-2.7.0-bin.zip.sha512
Committing transaction...
Committed revision 29664.
Добавляю  (бинарный)  packaging/pkg/apache-ignite-2.7.0-1.noarch.rpm
...

Compare with previous release:
There are TC task to generate report with difference comparing current release with previous.

https://ci.ignite.apache.org/viewType.html?buildTypeId=ApacheIgniteReleaseJava8_IgniteRelease72CheckFileConsistency
You should run it and do sanity check for a changed files.

As you can see, in 2.7 release "apache-ignite-hadoop" removed and some new dependencies introduced for a benchmarks.

GPG and signing

Mail links(examples)

Vote - http://apache-ignite-developers.2346864.n4.nabble.com/VOTE-Apache-Ignite-2-7-0-RC2-td38788.html

Vote accepted - http://apache-ignite-developers.2346864.n4.nabble.com/RESULT-VOTE-Apache-Ignite-2-6-0-Release-RC1-td32561.html#a32608

Release announce - http://apache-ignite-users.70518.x6.nabble.com/ANNOUNCE-Apache-Ignite-2-6-0-Released-td22760.html

Releasing artifacts

```
release_1[svn]move_binaries.sh
```

dragon:~/download/rc2:[]$ ./release_1\[svn\]move_binaries.sh 
# Releasing 2.7.0-rc2 :: Binaries #
Committing transaction...
Committed revision 31329.

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Artifacts should be moved to Apache Ignite's release site
Please check results at:
 * binaries: https://apache.org/dist/ignite/2.7.0

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Release manager Notes

Prerequisites:

Preparation Steps:

GPG and signing

Mail links(examples)

Releasing artifacts