Instructions for the apreq Release Manager (RM)

FreeBSD/Solaris note: use gmake!

1. Create a realease branch:

    svn cp -m "Prepare for v2.18 release." \
           https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/apreq/trunk \
           https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/apreq/branches/v2.18

2. On the BRANCH
    Edit STATUS, marking the release date

       /** @page STATUS

       2.18 released on <one week from today's date>.

   Also add the release date to the top @section in CHANGES:

       /** @page CHANGES

       @section v2.18 Changes with libapreq2-2.12 (released ...).

   And #undef the APREQ_VERSION_IS_DEV macro definition
   in include/apreq_version.h:

       *  This symbol will be #undef'd for releases. 
       */
       #undef APREQ_IS_DEV_VERSION

       % svn commit -m "2.18 release started" STATUS CHANGES include/apreq_version.h

3. On TRUNK:
    Update CHANGES and STATUS to reflect the start of a new develoment cycle,
    and run this to update the package version numbers throughout the tree:

    % build/update_version.pl 2.18

    % svn commit -m "2.18 cycle"

4. On the BRANCH
    Prep the package for CPAN by running:

        % ./buildconf && ./configure && make release

   This will generate a libapreq2-2.18.tar.gz candidate in the 
   current directory.   You should keep this source tree
   intact to tag the final release.


5. Test the generated file with

        % make release_test

   Make sure all perl tests pass.

6. Sign it via gpg:

        % gpg --detach-sign --armor libapreq2-2.18.tar.gz

   or pgp:

        % pgp -sba libapreq2-2.18.tar.gz

7. Make release candidate files available for testing:

     $ svn co https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/httpd/libapreq/ apreq-dev-site
     $ cp libapreq2-2.18.tar.gz* apreq-dev-site
     $ svn commit -m "libapreq2 2.18 release artifacts" apreq-dev-site

   and post a candidate announcement to dev@httpd.apache.org. Also, it
   is strongly recommended that the RM crosspost the candidate
   announcement to the dev@perl list, to solicit feedback from a much
   larger audience.

   Subject: [RELEASE CANDIDATE] libapreq2 2.18 RC\d+

8. Give the mailing list participants 48-72 hours to comment and
   vote on the candidate.  If there is a "majority consensus" 
   (three +1 and more +1s than -1s) among the httpd pmc members, the RM 
   may proceed with the release.

9. Tag the Release -- from the BRANCH

    svn mv https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/apreq/branches/v2.18 \
           https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/apreq/tags/v2.18

10. Upload the package, signature and SHA* hash files to dist.apache.org:
   
        $ svn co https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/httpd/libapreq/ apreq-dist-site
        $ cp libapreq2-2.18.tar.gz* apreq-dist-site
        $ svn commit -m "libapreq2 2.18 release artifacts"

   Ask another developer to confirm the uploaded signature is ok.

        % gpg --verify libapreq2-2.18.tar.gz.asc
        % pgp libapreq2-2.18.tar.gz.asc

   Check that your public key is among those listed in the
   /www/www.apache.org/dist/httpd/KEYS file.   If not, you
   need to commit the necessary change to KEYS the httpd-dist repos.
   Then update the website's copy using "cvs co KEYS" in the 
   /www/www.apache.org/dist/httpd/ directory.

11. Wait at least 1 hour for the ASF CDN to pick up the new files.
    check https://downloads.apache.org/httpd/libapreq/ to see that
    they have appeared.  Then modify the public web site as follows:

    git clone git@github.com:apache/httpd-site.git httpd-site
    
    modify the version numbers in apreq/download.md and push to
    complete.

12. Mail the announcement from your people.apache.org using build/announcement.pl:

    % build/announcement.pl $USER@apache.org | sendmail -oi -t -f $USER@apache.org

13. Ask a kind soul on dev@perl.apache.org to handle the CPAN upload.

14. Drink Beer! [Now optional]