Snapshots

[Geir Magnusson Jr <ge...@pobox.com>]

I created the place to put our 'snapshots'.  I'm calling them snapshots 
rather than releases because that seems more appropriate.

So the guidelines:

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1) Place a README.txt in the root of each snapshot that says :

This is a snapshot distribution of the Apache Harmony project.
Apache Harmony is an effort undergoing incubation at the Apache Software 
Foundation (ASF). Incubation is required of all newly accepted projects 
until a further review indicates that the infrastructure, 
communications, and decision making process have stabilized in a manner 
consistent with other successful ASF projects. While incubation status 
is not necessarily a reflection of the completeness or stability of the 
code, it does indicate that the project has yet to be fully endorsed by 
the ASF.


2) Have instructions for generating the snapshot.  It would be best if 
it was an ant or maven script so there's no manual phases.

3) Copy the completed snapshot in tar and zip form, with md5 sum for 
each, to minotaur.apache.org.  Then copy to

      /www/cvs.apache.org/dist/incubator/harmony/snapshots/

4) Post a note to the dev list when this has been completed so we have 
some institutional memory of this happening.

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Comments appreciated.

I'll add this to our website today - I wanted to create a documentation 
area, so this will be a good start.

I'll also notify the incubator PMC that we are doing this.

geir

Re: Snapshots

[Geir Magnusson Jr <ge...@pobox.com>]

Tim Ellison wrote:
> Sounds good.  I just tweaked the downloads page to point to a building
> instruction for the moment, but it may make sense to revert it to the
> previous format and create direct links to snapshot downloads (once they
> exist).  Whatever people prefer.

I think it's good.  I'll tweak a bit, but I see nothing that needs to be 
really changed.

Nice.

geir

> 
> Regards,
> Tim
> 
> Geir Magnusson Jr wrote:
>> I created the place to put our 'snapshots'.  I'm calling them snapshots
>> rather than releases because that seems more appropriate.
>>
>> So the guidelines:
>>
>> ------------------
>>
>> 1) Place a README.txt in the root of each snapshot that says :
>>
>> This is a snapshot distribution of the Apache Harmony project.
>> Apache Harmony is an effort undergoing incubation at the Apache Software
>> Foundation (ASF). Incubation is required of all newly accepted projects
>> until a further review indicates that the infrastructure,
>> communications, and decision making process have stabilized in a manner
>> consistent with other successful ASF projects. While incubation status
>> is not necessarily a reflection of the completeness or stability of the
>> code, it does indicate that the project has yet to be fully endorsed by
>> the ASF.
>>
>>
>> 2) Have instructions for generating the snapshot.  It would be best if
>> it was an ant or maven script so there's no manual phases.
>>
>> 3) Copy the completed snapshot in tar and zip form, with md5 sum for
>> each, to minotaur.apache.org.  Then copy to
>>
>>      /www/cvs.apache.org/dist/incubator/harmony/snapshots/
>>
>> 4) Post a note to the dev list when this has been completed so we have
>> some institutional memory of this happening.
>>
>> ----------------------
>>
>> Comments appreciated.
>>
>> I'll add this to our website today - I wanted to create a documentation
>> area, so this will be a good start.
>>
>> I'll also notify the incubator PMC that we are doing this.
>>
>> geir
>>
>>
> 

Re: Snapshots

[Tim Ellison <t....@gmail.com>]

Sounds good.  I just tweaked the downloads page to point to a building
instruction for the moment, but it may make sense to revert it to the
previous format and create direct links to snapshot downloads (once they
exist).  Whatever people prefer.

Regards,
Tim

Geir Magnusson Jr wrote:
> I created the place to put our 'snapshots'.  I'm calling them snapshots
> rather than releases because that seems more appropriate.
> 
> So the guidelines:
> 
> ------------------
> 
> 1) Place a README.txt in the root of each snapshot that says :
> 
> This is a snapshot distribution of the Apache Harmony project.
> Apache Harmony is an effort undergoing incubation at the Apache Software
> Foundation (ASF). Incubation is required of all newly accepted projects
> until a further review indicates that the infrastructure,
> communications, and decision making process have stabilized in a manner
> consistent with other successful ASF projects. While incubation status
> is not necessarily a reflection of the completeness or stability of the
> code, it does indicate that the project has yet to be fully endorsed by
> the ASF.
> 
> 
> 2) Have instructions for generating the snapshot.  It would be best if
> it was an ant or maven script so there's no manual phases.
> 
> 3) Copy the completed snapshot in tar and zip form, with md5 sum for
> each, to minotaur.apache.org.  Then copy to
> 
>      /www/cvs.apache.org/dist/incubator/harmony/snapshots/
> 
> 4) Post a note to the dev list when this has been completed so we have
> some institutional memory of this happening.
> 
> ----------------------
> 
> Comments appreciated.
> 
> I'll add this to our website today - I wanted to create a documentation
> area, so this will be a good start.
> 
> I'll also notify the incubator PMC that we are doing this.
> 
> geir
> 
> 

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Tim Ellison (t.p.ellison@gmail.com)
IBM Java technology centre, UK.