[jira] [Created] (UIMA-6335) Optimize release process

["Richard Eckart de Castilho (Jira)" <de...@uima.apache.org>]

Richard Eckart de Castilho created UIMA-6335:
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             Summary: Optimize release process
                 Key: UIMA-6335
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/UIMA-6335
             Project: UIMA
          Issue Type: Improvement
            Reporter: Richard Eckart de Castilho


The release checklist is pretty long. To facilitate releases, we should see what can be optimized / cut.

Ideas:

- Drop (most) binary ZIP releases and only offer source, Maven and for the Java SDK / Ruta the Eclipse update site:
-- Rationale: The binary ZIPs use separate LICENSE/NOTICE files which need to be checked/maintained - and this cannot be easily done automatically

- Integrate RELEASE_NOTES.html into the README file
-- Rationale: one less file to update

- Have a README.md or README.asciidoc file instead of a plain text file
-- Rationale: looks better in GitHub

- Reduce instances of the version string in the README file
-- Rationale: less chance to miss a version string when preparing a release



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