release.md

Releasing a New Version

Preconditions

• Repository cloned and actual
• JDK 8 and JDK 9 installed
• Maven 3 installed

Steps for Each Release

1. Set new version: mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=VERSION -DgenerateBackupPoms=false
2. Create a tag with new version number as name
3. Deploy with JDK 9: mvn clean deploy -P release
4. Upload P2 repository: mvn p2:site wagon:upload -P release --non-recursive
5. Upload ZIP archives from target to website
6. Generate Javadoc for tinylog API with JDK 8: mvn javadoc:javadoc
7. Upload generated Javadoc for tinylog API to website
8. Restore snapshot version: mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=2.MINOR-SNAPSHOT -DgenerateBackupPoms=false
9. Push all commits and tags
10. Create release on GitHub with ZIP archives from target
11. Update tinylog version on website
12. Release a new post on website