This page is a brain dump of the various items needed for a release. It needs some work...

Preparation

• request Bugzilla version update
• ensure changes.xml is up to date
• update JMeterVersion.java

• build site documents [docs-site] and javadoc [docs-api] and update in SVN

• build
• test
  • GUI and non-GUI using host with graphic capability
  • non-GUI only using host with no graphic capability
    

Generate Release

• tag all the files with the new version tag
• extract files from SVN using the tag into a new directory tree
• create distribution files:
  • ant distribution -Djmeter.version=m.n -Duser.name=user-AT-apache.org
  • sign distribution files (gpg -ba file)
    

Vote on release

• upload to temporary location (e.g. personal dir)

• send round [VOTE] e-mail
  

• Wait for any feedback; address any issues raised
• If at least 3 PMC votes, then continue
  

Upload files

• copy archives to /www/www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jmeter/binaries and /www/www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jmeter/source
• delete any obsolete releases (keep the current one)
• check files are visible and downloadable from www.apache.org (2+ hours)
  
• wait a day or so for mirrors to catch up
  

Update Jakarta download details and JMeter site

• update ./site/xdocs/downloads/downloads.xml file in SVN to point to new directory
• update news.xml to add details of new release
• rebuild jakarta site2 (ant docs)
• commit changes
• login to people.apache.org
• cd /www/jakarta.apache.org
• svn update index.html site
• cd /www/jakarta.apache.org/jmeter
• fetch site from SVN: svn co http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/jakarta/jmeter/tags/vm_nxx/docs .
• for later updates, use "svn switch" or "svn update" as appropriate
• update Wiki version details
  

Announce

• release announce e-mail to jmeter-user, jmeter-dev, general@jakarta and announce
  

Tidy up

• remove old archives from /www/jakarta.apache.org/jmeter/dist