Making a release

Releases should be conform with AgE versioning policy. That can be easily achieved using the maven-release-plugin.

Major/minor releases

In order to make a major/minor release (e.g. 2.5.0), follow these steps:

1. Log into the caribou server using the age user.
2. Enter the platform-trunk directory: cd release-working-dir/platform-trunk
3. Update the working directory: svn update
4. Execute mvn release:branch -DbranchName=2.5.x
   • when asked, enter the next development version (e.g. 2.6.0-SNAPSHOT or 3.0.0-SNAPSHOT)
5. Switch to the newly created maintenance branch: svn switch https://caribou.iisg.agh.edu.pl/svn/age/jage/branches/releases/2.5.x
6. Execute mvn release:prepare
   • when asked, choose the default versions (just press ENTER)
7. Execute mvn release:perform
8. Execute mvn release:clean
9. Switch back to trunk: svn switch https://caribou.iisg.agh.edu.pl/svn/age/jage/trunk

Patch releases

In order to make a patch release (e.g. 2.5.1), follow these steps:

1. Log into the caribou server using the age user.
2. Enter the platform-trunk directory: cd release-working-dir/platform-trunk
3. Update the working directory: svn update
4. Switch to the maintenance branch: svn switch https://caribou.iisg.agh.edu.pl/svn/age/jage/branches/releases/2.5.x
5. Execute mvn release:prepare
   • when asked, choose the default versions (just press ENTER)
6. Execute mvn release:perform
7. Execute mvn release:clean
8. Switch back to trunk: svn switch https://caribou.iisg.agh.edu.pl/svn/age/jage/trunk