RELEASE.md

Release process

1. Update the version of the Maven artifacts:

   mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=x.y -DgenerateBackupPoms=false
   

2. Update the release date in README.md

3. Upload the Maven artifacts to Nexus:

   mvn clean deploy -Prelease
   

4. Login to https://oss.sonatype.org and release the Nexus staging repository

5. Review and commit the changes

6. Tag the release:

   git tag x.y
   

7. Create a release on GitHub, and upload the all-in-one jar and the DEB and RPM packages

8. Close the current milestone on GitHub and create a new one

9. Publish the release on Chocolatey (see jsign/src/choco/README.md)

10. Update the Maven version to the next snapshot:

    mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=x.y+1-SNAPSHOT -DgenerateBackupPoms=false -DupdateBuildOutputTimestamp=false
    

11. Commit and push the changes

12. Announce the release and celebrate!