[GitHub] [hbase] busbey commented on a change in pull request #1620: HBASE-23339 Release scripts should use forwarded gpg-agent

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busbey commented on a change in pull request #1620:
URL: https://github.com/apache/hbase/pull/1620#discussion_r435641768



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File path: dev-support/create-release/README.txt
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@@ -17,13 +17,23 @@ anomalies are explained up in JIRA.
 
 See http://hbase.apache.org/book.html#maven.release
 
+Before starting an RC build, make sure your local gpg-agent has configs
+to properly handle your credentials, especially if you want to avoid
+typing the passphrase to your secret key.
+
+e.g. if you are going to run and step away, best to increase the TTL
+on caching the unlocked secret via ~/.gnupg/gpg-agent.conf
+  # in seconds, e.g. a day
+  default-cache-ttl 86400
+  max-cache-ttl 86400
+
 Running a build on GCE is easy enough. Here are some notes if of use.
 Create an instance. 4CPU/15G/10G disk seems to work well enough.
 Once up, run the below to make your machine fit for RC building:
 
-# Presuming debian-compatible OS
-$ sudo apt-get install -y git openjdk-8-jdk maven gnupg gnupg-agent
-# Install docker
+# Presuming debian-compatible OS, do these steps on the VM
+# your VM username should be your ASF id, because it will show up in build artifacts.
+# Follow the docker install guide: https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/debian/

Review comment:
       yes, since HBASE-24318 / #1643 you can run `do-release.sh` instead of `do-release-docker.sh`.
   
   I believe it's not recommended because of needed build set up. I don't know if we document the steps for doing a non-release build. if we don't I'd rather do that in a different jira.




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