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Posted to commits@commons.apache.org by mb...@apache.org on 2014/01/07 17:42:41 UTC

svn commit: r1556268 - /commons/cms-site/trunk/content/xdoc/releases/prepare.xml

Author: mbenson
Date: Tue Jan  7 16:42:40 2014
New Revision: 1556268

URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1556268
Log:
CMS commit to commons by mbenson

Modified:
    commons/cms-site/trunk/content/xdoc/releases/prepare.xml

Modified: commons/cms-site/trunk/content/xdoc/releases/prepare.xml
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/commons/cms-site/trunk/content/xdoc/releases/prepare.xml?rev=1556268&r1=1556267&r2=1556268&view=diff
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--- commons/cms-site/trunk/content/xdoc/releases/prepare.xml (original)
+++ commons/cms-site/trunk/content/xdoc/releases/prepare.xml Tue Jan  7 16:42:40 2014
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
  <properties>
   <title>Preparations for a Release</title>
-  <author email="dev@commons.apache.org">Commons Documentation Team</author>
+  <author email="dev@commons.apache.org">Apache Commons Documentation Team</author>
  </properties>
 
  <body>
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@
 	This document contains a mixture of information, advice and examples.
 	It is intended to be a recommendation of best practices for Commons components.
 	The instructions provided here are consistent with, but not a replacement for
-	the <a href="http://www.apache.org/dev/release.html">ASF Release Guidlines.</a> 
+	the <a href="http://www.apache.org/dev/release.html">ASF Release Guidelines.</a> 
 	</p>
-    <p>Commons uses the Nexus installation at the Apache Software Foundation to stage Maven artifacts
-    before the release and later publish them, the Commons Parent POM contains all the necessary configuration.
-    This guide covers deploying to Nexus using Maven, for alternatives see
+    <p>The Apache Commons project uses the Nexus installation at the Apache Software Foundation to stage Maven artifacts
+    before the release and later publish them; the Commons Parent POM contains all the necessary configuration.
+    This guide covers deploying to Nexus using Maven. For alternatives see
     <a href="http://www.apache.org/dev/publishing-maven-artifacts.html">the ASF wide documentation</a>.
     If this is the first time you are publishing to the ASF's Nexus instance
     you'll need to <a href="http://www.apache.org/dev/publishing-maven-artifacts.html#dev-env">prepare
@@ -92,9 +92,9 @@
     <subsection name='Consider a Release Branch'>
       <p>
       Consider whether a release branch is needed before preparing for the new release. In general, 
-      commons components are small enough that there is no need for a release branch, but if 
-      active development wants to continue on the next version while a release is being made then 
-      trunk should be branched to allow development to continue.  
+      Commons components are small enough that there is no need for a release branch, but if 
+      active development will continue on the next version while a release is being made then 
+      trunk should be branched to allow this.
       If a release branch is taken then work will be required to merge any changes back 
       into the trunk.
       </p>
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
       </p>
       <p>Alternatively, use "svn cp URLsrc URLtag"</p> 
       <pre>
-        svn cp  -m "Creating foo-1.2-release branch" \
+        svn cp -m "Creating foo-1.2-release branch" \
             https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/commons/proper/foo/trunk \
             https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/commons/proper/foo/branches/foo-1.2-release
       </pre>