ReleaseProcedure

Making a Release

Checklist

1. Update the README file with important information.

2. Update the NEWS and CHANGES files with important information.

3. Update the acinclude.m4 file with version information.

Preparing the Release

repos="https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/couchdb"

svn cp $repos/trunk $repos/branches/Y.Y.x
svn cp $repos/branches/Y.Y.x $repos/tags/Y.Y.Y
svn export $repos/tags/Y.Y.Y export

You must then use the export directory to prepare the release.

To build the source for distribution you should then run the following command:

./bootstrap && ./configure && make distsign

If everything was successful you should see the following files sitting in the export directory ready for distribution:

• apache-couchdb-Y.Y.Y.tar.gz

• apache-couchdb-Y.Y.Y.tar.gz.asc

• apache-couchdb-Y.Y.Y.tar.gz.md5

• apache-couchdb-Y.Y.Y.tar.gz.sha

Upload these to your public_html directory on people.apache.org and make sure they are world readable.

Calling a Vote

Call a vote on the couchdb-dev mailing list:

• example couchdb-dev vote

• example couchdb-dev vote results

Call a vote on the incubator-general mailing list:

• example incubator-general vote

• example incubator-general vote results

Making the Release

• Copy the release directory to /www/www.apache.org/dist/incubator/couchdb on people.apache.org.

• Update http://incubator.apache.org/couchdb/downloads.html

• Make a release announcement to the www-announce and incubator-couchdb-user mailing list:

  • example release announcement

Useful Resources

• http://incubator.apache.org/incubation/Incubation_Policy.html

• http://incubator.apache.org/guides/releasemanagement.html

• http://www.apache.org/dev/release-download-pages.html

• http://incubator.apache.org/whoweare.html