MAVEN_RELEASE_STEPS

EVE release management (tips & tricks & procedures)

-To get rid of lifecycle-mapping warnings in maven:
	#create and get into a temp folder
	#mvn archetype:generate -DgroupId=org.eclipse.m2e -DartifactId=lifecycle-mapping -Dversion=1.0.0 -DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-mojo
	#cd lifecycle-mapping
	#mvn install

Description of release process:

Requirements:
-Sonatype JIRA account (connected to com.almende, through a separate ticket, ask me:)
-A GPG-key that has been published. ($ gpg --keyserver hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net --send-keys <KEYNUM>)

1: have a <ver>-SNAPSHOT working copy ready, in parent folder

2: mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=<ver>
3: git commit -a
4: git push --all

5: git branch -b <ver>_release   //(version with X at end, e.g. v1.1.X_release)
6: git push --set-upstream origin <ver>_release
7: git checkout master

8: git tag <ver>  //(version with prefix 'v', e.g. v1.1.0)
9: git push --tags

10: mvn clean deploy -Prelease

11: Login to: https://oss.sonatype.org  (Really login, not just opening the page! )
12: Goto: "Staging repositories"        (if you can't find it, you didn't login:) )
13: select comalmende repos
14: click on "close"

<Fix any errors that might popup>

<download and test>

15: click on "release"

16: mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=<ver+1>-SNAPSHOT
17: git commit -a
18: git push --all

19: Tell the world!