Release Plan

Apache OFBiz Release Plan (aka How to do an OFBiz Release)

Steps for testing a revision or branch before a release:

1. For revision: svn export -r \${revision-number} http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/ofbiz/trunk ofbiz
2. For branch: svn export http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/ofbiz/branches/\$\{branch-name} ofbiz
3. cd ofbiz
4. ant run-tests

5. Check results... (search for [JUNIT])

6. cd ..
7. rm -Rf ofbiz/

Steps for a test snapshot type "release":

1. Example file-base-name: apache-ofbiz-incubating-4.0.0.RC1
2. svn export http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/ofbiz/trunk ofbiz
3. cd ofbiz
4. echo \${revision-number} > REVISION
5. ant run-install
6. cd ..
7. zip -r \${file-base-name}.zip ofbiz/
8. tar -czvf \${file-base-name}.tgz ofbiz/*
9. gpg --output \${file-base-name}.zip.asc --detach-sig --armor \${file-base-name}.zip
10. gpg --output \${file-base-name}.tgz.asc --detach-sig --armor \${file-base-name}.tgz
11. openssl md5 \${file-base-name}.zip > \${file-base-name}.zip.md5
12. openssl md5 \${file-base-name}.tgz > \${file-base-name}.tgz.md5

Steps for a branch in preparation for a real release:

1. Exaple branch-name: release4.0.0
2. svn co https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/ofbiz
3. svn copy trunk branches/\${branch-name}
4. svn commit -m "Created new branch: \${branch-name}"

Steps for creating a release from a branch:

1. Example file-base-name: apache-ofbiz-4.0.0
2. Example branch-name: release4.0.0
3. svn export http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/ofbiz/branches/\$\{branch-name} ofbiz
4. cd ofbiz
5. ant run-install
6. cd ..
7. zip -r \${file-base-name}.zip ofbiz/
8. tar -czvf \${file-base-name}.tgz ofbiz/*
9. gpg --output \${file-base-name}.zip.asc --detach-sig --armor \${file-base-name}.zip
10. gpg --output \${file-base-name}.tgz.asc --detach-sig --armor \${file-base-name}.tgz
11. openssl md5 \${file-base-name}.zip > \${file-base-name}.zip.md5
12. openssl md5 \${file-base-name}.tgz > \${file-base-name}.tgz.md5