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Resources

• Apache Struts Release Guidelines
• Struts Maintenance Guide for Maven
• Signing Releases
• Wendy's notes on Release Signing
• Apache Mirroring Guidelines

Release Manager

The release manager is Ted Husted.

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Additional Background

• Struts 2.0.0 omnibus ticket
• Issue Tracker
• Struts Ti Proposal
• Migration Issues
• Struts 2 Rough Spots
• Public API Whiteboard
• Retroweaver

Release Manager

The release manager is Ted Husted.

• See also Creating and Signing a Release

Special Issues

Struts 2.0 is based on the WebWork 2 codebase. Essentially, Struts 2.0 will be the technical equivalent of WebWork 2.3. (The WebWork 2 codebase was accepted into the Struts project through the Apache Incubator.)

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TODO: A Silenium test suite for the applications would be great!

Test Build Distribution Checklist (A)

See also Commons Step-by-Step Guide Creating and Signing Releases

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#	Description	Completed
A1.	Setup new JIRA version level or update release on Roadmap	Done
A2.	Tag release in svn: ${STRUTS_2_0_0}	Done (r447072)
A3.	Update POM version level and run Distribution Target	Done
A4.	Create Sums and Sign Distributions (see Resources)	${STATUS}
	gpg --armor --output struts-2.0.0-all.asc.zip --detach-sig struts2-2.0.0-all.zip
	Done
A5.	Upload Distribution to people.apache.org/builds/struts/2.0.0/	Done
A6.	Deploy JAR to Apache Java-Repository	${STATUS}
	$ mvn deploy -P pre-assembly
A7.	Post release-quality vote on dev@ lists	${STATUS}

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• If release vote fails, including for a lack of quorum (3 binding +1s), remove from builds folder.
• If a release vote passes (Alpha, Beta or GA), the release may be announced and mirrored, at the PMC's discretion.
• If vote is GA, goto Checklist (C).

Point Release Distribution Checklist (B)

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If initial vote is Alpha or Beta, voting can continue until a GA or "withdraw" vote passes, or there is a subsequent release.

General Availability Distribution Checklist (C)