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completing the release process
I've uploaded the m2 jars to the ibiblio-rsync directory, they should be
available from maven central in a few hours provided everything went ok.
Next step then is to copy the release binaries to www.apache.org/dist,
but for this i don't have the necessary rights to the excalibur
directory. Can someone help out here or do i need to go through infra
for this ?
When this is done i will send out a release announcement to the announce
list.
Regards
Jorg
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Re: completing the release process
Posted by J Aaron Farr <fa...@apache.org>.
Jorg Heymans <jh...@apache.org> writes:
> I've uploaded the m2 jars to the ibiblio-rsync directory, they should
> be available from maven central in a few hours provided everything
> went ok.
>
>
> Next step then is to copy the release binaries to www.apache.org/dist,
> but for this i don't have the necessary rights to the excalibur
> directory. Can someone help out here or do i need to go through infra
> for this ?
I'm in the middle of moving from Hong Kong to China, so I haven't had
time yet. I'm also going to be offline for most of this week. But if
no one has handled this by next weekend, I should be able to do it by
then at latest.
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Re: completing the release process
Posted by Carsten Ziegeler <cz...@apache.org>.
I'm sorry,
I have no time (I have to fix some customer problem)
Carsten
Jorg Heymans wrote:
> Carsten Ziegeler wrote:
>> I think I'll have time for this tomorrow.
>>
>
> Thanks Carsten!
>
> The binaries are still in people.apache.org/~jheymans, src and javadoc
> releases included. The maven2 repo release is probably not needed in the
> release area.
>
> Regards
> Jorg
>
>
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Re: completing the release process
Posted by Jorg Heymans <jh...@apache.org>.
Carsten Ziegeler wrote:
> I think I'll have time for this tomorrow.
>
Thanks Carsten!
The binaries are still in people.apache.org/~jheymans, src and javadoc
releases included. The maven2 repo release is probably not needed in the
release area.
Regards
Jorg
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Re: completing the release process
Posted by Carsten Ziegeler <cz...@apache.org>.
I think I'll have time for this tomorrow.
Carsten
Jorg Heymans wrote:
> I've uploaded the m2 jars to the ibiblio-rsync directory, they should be
> available from maven central in a few hours provided everything went ok.
>
>
> Next step then is to copy the release binaries to www.apache.org/dist,
> but for this i don't have the necessary rights to the excalibur
> directory. Can someone help out here or do i need to go through infra
> for this ?
>
>
> When this is done i will send out a release announcement to the announce
> list.
>
>
> Regards
> Jorg
>
>
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Re: thanks for getting it out there!
Posted by Jorg Heymans <jh...@apache.org>.
Leo Simons wrote:
> I think a big *thank you* to Aaron and especially to Jorg (first-time
> release manager I believe!) is in order. So: thank you!
yeah that was my first release, and what an experience it was ;) I hope
the next one(s) will roll much smoother ...
> Doing release management for a project like ours is not exactly trivial,
> and given how old, erm, stable this stuff is and how much "exciting"
> stuff happens around here, it might not be too glamorous either. I think
> the fact that we (finally!) were able to get this stuff out properly is
> worth a lot; for me it is part of showing that apache can make good on
> its stability and long-term availability reputation. In a java landscape
> full of backwards-incompatible releases, loads of java-5-only open
> source projects (when 90% of the industry runs 1.4.x), continuous
> refactoring, and classloader architectures that *still* mostly suck
> everywhere, excalibur remains a dependable bastion of stability.
Nice words.
Still, in the days of web2.0 people look funnily at bastions of
stability. You get questions like "Anything invented that long is surely
outdated and buggy?", "Can it do Ajax?" etc etc ... Unless you're using
a patched version of dojo trunk in production you're not part of the 2.0
crowd.
I'm happy to have been able to contribute something to the
not-so-glamorous-Avalon project, and will step up again should the need
ever arise.
> I don't know if you'll make it to ApacheCon Europe (though I'll be
> really surprised if I see Aaron around here :-)), but I'll be sure to
> buy you a beer or other beverage if you do!
Won't be at apachecon, but i hear the Apache beer vouchers don't expire
easily ;-)
Cheers,
Jorg
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Re: thanks for getting it out there!
Posted by J Aaron Farr <fa...@apache.org>.
Leo Simons <ma...@leosimons.com> writes:
> I don't know if you'll make it to ApacheCon Europe (though I'll be
> really surprised if I see Aaron around here :-)), but I'll be sure to
> buy you a beer or other beverage if you do!
I'll be there this year, so look out! :-)
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thanks for getting it out there! (was: Re: completing the release process)
Posted by Leo Simons <ma...@leosimons.com>.
Hey guys,
I think a big *thank you* to Aaron and especially to Jorg (first-time
release manager I believe!) is in order. So: thank you!
Doing release management for a project like ours is not exactly
trivial, and given how old, erm, stable this stuff is and how much
"exciting" stuff happens around here, it might not be too glamorous
either. I think the fact that we (finally!) were able to get this
stuff out properly is worth a lot; for me it is part of showing that
apache can make good on its stability and long-term availability
reputation. In a java landscape full of backwards-incompatible
releases, loads of java-5-only open source projects (when 90% of the
industry runs 1.4.x), continuous refactoring, and classloader
architectures that *still* mostly suck everywhere, excalibur remains
a dependable bastion of stability.
I don't know if you'll make it to ApacheCon Europe (though I'll be
really surprised if I see Aaron around here :-)), but I'll be sure to
buy you a beer or other beverage if you do!
cheers,
Leo
On Mar 15, 2007, at 5:36 AM, J Aaron Farr wrote:
> Jorg Heymans <jh...@apache.org> writes:
>
>> Would it be fair to say that, since this was most probably the last
>> big release, it is not so important anymore to adhere to the previous
>> release structure and you could just go ahead and do A) - also for
>> simplicity's sake ?
>
> Done. Releases should be hitting the mirrors soon and the website
> is updated:
>
> http://excalibur.apache.org/download.cgi
>
> You can send the announcement or if you'd rather, I will.
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Re: completing the release process
Posted by Jorg Heymans <jh...@apache.org>.
J Aaron Farr wrote:
> Jorg Heymans <jh...@apache.org> writes:
>
>> Would it be fair to say that, since this was most probably the last
>> big release, it is not so important anymore to adhere to the previous
>> release structure and you could just go ahead and do A) - also for
>> simplicity's sake ?
>
> Done. Releases should be hitting the mirrors soon and the website is updated:
>
> http://excalibur.apache.org/download.cgi
>
> You can send the announcement or if you'd rather, I will.
>
Thanks, I will send the announcement this weekend if that's ok.
Jorg
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Re: completing the release process
Posted by J Aaron Farr <fa...@apache.org>.
Jorg Heymans <jh...@apache.org> writes:
> Would it be fair to say that, since this was most probably the last
> big release, it is not so important anymore to adhere to the previous
> release structure and you could just go ahead and do A) - also for
> simplicity's sake ?
Done. Releases should be hitting the mirrors soon and the website is updated:
http://excalibur.apache.org/download.cgi
You can send the announcement or if you'd rather, I will.
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Re: completing the release process
Posted by J Aaron Farr <fa...@apache.org>.
Jorg Heymans <jh...@apache.org> writes:
> Would it be fair to say that, since this was most probably the last
> big release, it is not so important anymore to adhere to the previous
> release structure and you could just go ahead and do A) - also for
> simplicity's sake ?
Honestly, that's what I'd like to do, but I wanted to bring the issue
up so anyone who doesn't like the idea can complain. The reason we
had releases broken up before is so that someone could do a release of
an individual component, rather than all of excalibur. Back in the
day, it was hard to get all the components on the same release
schedule, so breaking them up was the solution.
If no one else complains within 24 hours, I'm going to go ahead and
release as is. I'll update the website and downloads page too.
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Re: completing the release process
Posted by Jorg Heymans <jh...@apache.org>.
J Aaron Farr wrote:
> Jorg Heymans <jh...@apache.org> writes:
>
>> Next step then is to copy the release binaries to www.apache.org/dist,
>> but for this i don't have the necessary rights to the excalibur
>> directory. Can someone help out here or do i need to go through infra
>> for this ?
>
> I finally have time to do this this weekend but there's one catch.
> The form of the Jorg's releases [1] don't match up with our dist
> structure [2]. I could...
>
> A) create a new release structure on dist such as one of the
> following:
>
> /dist/20070215/... (for the date of the release)
> /dist/1.3.1/... (or for fortress's version no.)
> /dist/maven2_release/... (or for a tag/code name)
>
> B) extract the contents of Jorg's archives and distribute them into
> dist. This works for the jar files, but not the binaries and source
> archives. On dist/excalibur we have binary and source archives for
> each component, whereas Jorg's source archive is for all of excalibur
> and the binaries are jars only (not like the old tarred binaries we
> have).
>
> I _really_ want to do this this weekend, but I'd like some thoughts
> from the other developers on how we should handle this.
>
Would it be fair to say that, since this was most probably the last big
release, it is not so important anymore to adhere to the previous
release structure and you could just go ahead and do A) - also for
simplicity's sake ?
Jorg
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Re: completing the release process
Posted by J Aaron Farr <fa...@apache.org>.
Jorg Heymans <jh...@apache.org> writes:
> Next step then is to copy the release binaries to www.apache.org/dist,
> but for this i don't have the necessary rights to the excalibur
> directory. Can someone help out here or do i need to go through infra
> for this ?
I finally have time to do this this weekend but there's one catch.
The form of the Jorg's releases [1] don't match up with our dist
structure [2]. I could...
A) create a new release structure on dist such as one of the
following:
/dist/20070215/... (for the date of the release)
/dist/1.3.1/... (or for fortress's version no.)
/dist/maven2_release/... (or for a tag/code name)
B) extract the contents of Jorg's archives and distribute them into
dist. This works for the jar files, but not the binaries and source
archives. On dist/excalibur we have binary and source archives for
each component, whereas Jorg's source archive is for all of excalibur
and the binaries are jars only (not like the old tarred binaries we
have).
I _really_ want to do this this weekend, but I'd like some thoughts
from the other developers on how we should handle this.
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jaaron
[1] http://people.apache.org/~jheymans
[2] http://apache.org/dist/excalibur
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