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Posted to commits@commons.apache.org by er...@apache.org on 2022/12/13 11:43:05 UTC

[commons-math] branch master updated: Update release howto.

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erans pushed a commit to branch master
in repository https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-math.git


The following commit(s) were added to refs/heads/master by this push:
     new f4dfc4014 Update release howto.
f4dfc4014 is described below

commit f4dfc40142bb4e24d92ad62d3bec8afe9a931e7f
Author: Gilles Sadowski <gi...@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Tue Dec 13 01:36:55 2022 +0100

    Update release howto.
---
 doc/release/release.howto.txt | 61 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/release/release.howto.txt b/doc/release/release.howto.txt
index 0096f58ad..1c3d31c23 100644
--- a/doc/release/release.howto.txt
+++ b/doc/release/release.howto.txt
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ Preliminary checks:
  * All Java files must contain a license header. The "RAT" maven plugin will
    generate a report indicating for which files the license is missing.
  * For a "minor" release, the library must be backward-compatible. Check all
-   the errors reported by the "Clirr" plugin.
+   the errors reported by the "Clirr" and/or "Revapi" plugin.
  * Clear all "CheckStyle" warnings.
- * Make sure that the construct reported by "FindBugs" are intentional.
+ * Make sure that the construct reported by "SpotBugs" are intentional.
  * Mark all fixed issues as such in the bug-tracking system, and add a
    corresponding entry in "src/changes/changes.xml".
 
@@ -86,7 +86,19 @@ that the build process can create all the necessary artifacts. The commands
   $ mvn clean site deploy -Prelease -Ptest-deploy
 
 should create the artifacts in the "target/deploy" (note that the "JAVA_HOME"
-environment variable msut be defined to point to a valid JDK installation).
+environment variable must be defined to point to a valid JDK installation).
+
+Note: If running from a remote terminal, you might need to tune the "gpg-agent"
+configuration file
+  ~/.gnupg/gpg-agent.conf
+to contain the following statements:
+  ---CUT---
+  enable-ssh-support
+  pinentry-program /usr/bin/pinentry-tty
+  ---CUT---
+and execute
+  $ export GPG_TTY=$(tty)
+in order to set up the environment for entering the passphrase.
 
 
 (2)
@@ -100,6 +112,7 @@ remembering the binding between the local and remote origin branches:
   $ git branch X.Y-release
   $ git push -u origin X.Y-release
 
+
 (3)
 Switch to the release branch:
 
@@ -115,6 +128,8 @@ branch since the creation of the release branch, there are two cases:
   merge master branch or version branch into X.Y-release branch:
 
   $ git merge master
+  or
+  $ git rebase master
   or, if the version branch is called MATH_3_X
   $ git merge MATH_3_X
 
@@ -134,10 +149,10 @@ In particular:
  * Estimate a release date (taking into account the release vote delay) and
    insert it in the "src/changes/changes.xml" file.
  * Update the "pom.xml" to contain the final version number and not a SNAPSHOT:
-   Assuming that the release version will be "3.4", modify the "<version>" tag to
+   Assuming that the release version will be "4.0-beta1", modify the "<version>" tag to
    read:
 
-    <version>3.4</version>
+    <version>4.0-beta1</version>
 
    Modify the section of "<properties>" that also refers to version numbers.
    You should uncomment the "<commons.rc.version>" line and indicate the
@@ -147,7 +162,7 @@ In particular:
 
   <properties>
     <!-- ... -->
-    <commons.release.version>3.4</commons.release.version>
+    <commons.release.version>4.0-beta1</commons.release.version>
     <commons.rc.version>RC1</commons.rc.version>
     <!-- ... -->
   </properties>
@@ -157,7 +172,7 @@ In particular:
 The "download" page template is located at "src/site/xdoc/download_math.xml".
 This file is updated automatically by running the command:
 
-  $ mvn commons:download-page
+  $ mvn commons-build:download-page
 
 
 (7)
@@ -180,7 +195,7 @@ Check you did not forget any file:
   $ git status
 
 Commit the changes:
-  $ git commit -m "creating release candidate"
+  $ git commit -m "Create release candidate."
 
 
 (8)
@@ -193,31 +208,27 @@ Then, assuming the first candidate, the suffix will be "RC1" (this should
 be the  same as in the "<properties>" in the "pom.xml"), and the command
 will be:
 
-  $ git tag -s -m "Creating Apache Commons Math v3.4 RC1 tag." MATH_3_4_RC1
-
-If you have several GPG keys, you may prefer to use "-u keyId" to select a specific
-key for signing the tag instead of "-s" which select automatically one key
-from the configured e-mail address.
+  $ git tag -u "__Your_key_id__" -m "Create Commons Math v4.0-beta1 RC1 tag." commons-math-4.0-beta1-RC1
 
 Check the tag GPG signature:
 
-  $ git tag -v MATH_3_4_RC1
+  $ git tag -v commons-math-4.0-beta1-RC1
 
 You will get something like:
 
-  object cf4a9d70c9ac24dd7196995390171150e4e56451
+  object 1d862ec8cca30a6b797583ef2f837e54830f658d
   type commit
-  tag MATH_3_4_RC1
-  tagger Luc Maisonobe <lu...@apache.org> 1418934614 +0100
+  tag commons-math-4.0-beta1-RC1
+  tagger Gilles Sadowski <gi...@gmail.com> 1670895878 +0100
 
-  Creating Apache Commons Math v3.4 RC1 tag.
-  gpg: Signature made Thu Dec 18 21:30:14 2014 CET using RSA key ID 02E9F65B
-  gpg: Good signature from "Luc Maisonobe (CODE SIGNING KEY) <lu...@apache.org>"
-  gpg:                 aka "Luc Maisonobe <Lu...@c-s.fr>"
-  gpg:                 aka "Luc Maisonobe <Lu...@free.fr>"
-  gpg:                 aka "Luc Maisonobe <lu...@orekit.org>"
+  Create Commons Math v4.0-beta1 RC1 tag.
+  gpg: Signature made Tue 13 Dec 2022 02:44:38 AM CET
+  gpg:                using RSA key B39617E095CD748DFE505816703413011E22D5B8
+  gpg:                issuer "erans@apache.org"
+  gpg: Good signature from "Gilles Sadowski (ASF code signing) <er...@apache.org>" [ultimate]
+  gpg:                 aka "Gilles Sadowski <gi...@harfang.homelinux.org>" [ultimate]
 
-Remember the commit ID listed in the object line (here cf4a9d70c9ac24dd7196995390171150e4e56451),
+Remember the commit ID listed in the object line (here: 1d862ec8cca30a6b797583ef2f837e54830f658d),
 as it is the most stable reference for traceability.
 
 Push everything (including the tag!) on the Apache repository:
@@ -229,7 +240,7 @@ Switch to a new directory out of your regular workspace, and retrieve
 the official tag from the Apache repository:
 
   $ cd /tmp
-  $ git clone https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-math.git --branch MATH_3_4_RC1
+  $ git clone https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-math.git --branch commons-math-4.0-beta1-RC1
 
 In the command above, the --branch option accepts both branch names and tags names,
 so we specify directly the tag here. Git will warn that the resulting workspace