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Not only is this a "nice" thing to do, it is essential for the yearly release, as it can help the mirror servers avoid filling up trying to get the final release, which results in them not actually mirroring the release. This is important to reduce the disk space used, not just on servers, but more important, the space used on the mirror servers. Markus, David, and Eclipse Foundation staff) on who does what, when, to make the Simultaneous Release available.įrom "Now" to official release (which is "fourth Wednesday", 6/22) Clean up "old" builds and archive earlier releasesĭelete "old" builds and milestones and archive previous releases. Some of the end of this document is just reminders for the "core team" (i.e. If this is your first time, or just need to refresh your memory, you may enjoy reading this whole document, which has some reasons and details behind the steps and links to "how to" documents. If you've been through this before, those reminders may be all you need to read.

Keep an eye open for a few hours to make sure no reports of "bad things happening", but otherwise Blog, Tweet, Celebrate!.

(And, while your thinking of it, just as well update Foundation's metadata to change "planned" to "completed", etc. Once you see a "Go" message, you're free to advertise your release and make visible to the world.

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.

Be sure to change, correct, or add metadata - such as download.php mirror URLs - so they are correct for final location and names. 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.Provide data for Infocenter docs, for (see bug 495171).Clean up old builds on downloads and move previous releases to archives site.This schedule and procedure should ensure the mirror system gets fully populated before demand for downloads gets in full swing - meaning much fewer delays, 404's, and failed downloads.įor most committers (or, specifically, release engineers, or project leads) the following are the main steps. The final days leading up to our annual Simultaneous Release is similar to previous years, but especially those new to the process may want to read closely to help make sure everything goes smoothly. 1.3.5 Common repository site and EPP preparation.1.3.4 Prepare releases (renames, etc.) off-line.1.3.3 Provide input for overall New and Noteworthy.1.2 Final Simultaneous Release repository and EPP packages - produced at end of RC4.1.1.1 Clean up "old" builds and archive earlier releases.1.1 From "Now" to official release (which is "fourth Wednesday", 6/22).