Every release, we provide a document about
the details leading up to the final, official release. It is long and wordy
a) because I wrote it :) and b) the long version is intended primarily
for those new to this whole thing, and there are details in there that
are intended to be educational, as wall as map out the plan for the final
days.
https://wiki.eclipse.org/Mars/Final_Daze
For the rest of you, those that are
already very familiar with the process, the basics are below as reminders.
For everyone, be sure to ask, if there
are any questions.
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For most committers (or, specifically,
release engineers, or project leads) the following are the main steps.
1. Clean
up old builds on downloads and move previous releases to archives
site.
2. Provide
data for Infocenter docs, for help.eclipse.org (bug
469456).
3. Put
your final bits in their final resting places, with their final names,
early -- during quiet week -- but do not advertise them or make "visible"
to the world. Be sure to change, correct, or add metadata -- such as download.php
mirror URLs -- so they are correct for final location and names.
4. On
official release day, Wednesday, June 24, check cross-project list approximately
10 AM (Eastern) to make sure there is no "Wait! Stop ship!" message.
Once you see a "Go" message, you're free to advertise your release
and make visible to the world. (And, while your thinking of it, just as
well update Foundation's metadata to change "planned" to "completed",
etc.
5. Keep
an eye open for a few hours to make sure no reports of "bad things
are happening", but otherwise Blog, Tweet, Celebrate!
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Thanks all!
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