svn commit: r189533 - /forrest/trunk/etc/RELEASE_PROCESS.txt

[cr...@apache.org]

Author: crossley
Date: Tue Jun  7 23:20:15 2005
New Revision: 189533

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs?rev=189533&view=rev
Log:
Moved the note about "ensure fresh SVN" up to the top.
Added note about testing before committing.

Modified:
    forrest/trunk/etc/RELEASE_PROCESS.txt

Modified: forrest/trunk/etc/RELEASE_PROCESS.txt
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs/forrest/trunk/etc/RELEASE_PROCESS.txt?rev=189533&r1=189532&r2=189533&view=diff
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--- forrest/trunk/etc/RELEASE_PROCESS.txt (original)
+++ forrest/trunk/etc/RELEASE_PROCESS.txt Tue Jun  7 23:20:15 2005
@@ -22,6 +22,16 @@
 
 Building the distribution
 -------------------------
+ Note: You can practice the following steps (as far as creating the branch)
+ without committing anything. This ensures a good release candidate.
+
+ - Check out a fresh copy from SVN to make sure you have no local modifications,
+   especially those that might be hidden by svn:ignore settings.  Alternatively,
+   run 'svn st --no-ignore' and delete any extra files that you might have 
+   added/changed in your local copy. They must not be packed with
+   the release. It must be a pristine copy of the current trunk.
+
+ - Update the version numbers at various places.
 
  - Edit build.xml and replace the '-dev' text with '' i.e. nothing:
    around line 35:
@@ -60,13 +70,10 @@
    Scan the status.xml/changes and the Roadmap via the issues tracker,
    to find the important issues.
 
- - Check out a fresh copy from SVN to make sure you have no local modifications,
-   especially those that might be hidden by svn:ignore settings.  Alternatively,
-   run 'svn st --no-ignore' and delete any extra files.
-
  - Set your Java version to be the lowest specified of our supported versions.
+   e.g. J2SDK 1.4.0
 
- - Run 'build release-dist' to generate the distributions.
+ - Run 'build release-dist' to generate the distributions on a UNIX machine.
    - Two archives are created: apache-forrest-X.Y.tar.gz apache-forrest-X.Y.zip
 
  - Repeat that on a Windows machine.