HowToRelease

This page documents how to build and release Flume

1. Verify that there are no blockers on the FLUME JIRA for this release, reassign any non-blockers to another version
2. Update version number in build.xml, releasenotes, build.xml, releasenotes,
3. Create a new branch for the release
4. Update the changelog to include the “release notes” from JIRA
5. git clean -xdf for fresh repo
6. Build project using +ant tar -Dversion=1.1.1rc0’ for tarball
7. Build project using +ant winstall -Dversion=1.1.1rc0’ for windows
8. Rebuild docs (ant docs) to use new version number
9. Ensure that the version number in x, etc are correct
10. Smoke test the resulting archive ( Flume Release Test Plan )
11. Publish the release candidate by uploading tested tar to github ( https://github.com/cloudera/flume/downloads )
12. Announce the release candidate on the flume-dev list
13. After feedback from list either cut a new rc or publish the rc as “official”