Re: How to release stuff

So ping either of us, if I delay it then feel free to yell and cuss at 
me all you want, and make sure you call me a good-for-nothing lying 
hypocrite!

On Apr 8, 2004, at 6:19 PM, Mathias Bogaert wrote:

> That's all very nice Hani, but we're unable to upload the 
> documentation and
> upload the website, only Patrick (and you?) can do this.
>
> Mathias
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Hani Suleiman" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 5:31 PM
> Subject: [Opensymphony-developers] How to release stuff
>
>
>> This is fairly basic stuff, but still seems to be a complete mystery 
>> to
>> a large number of people, so I'll spell it out as best I understand 
>> it.
>> Feel free to submit corrections. The steps below all need to happen,
>> you can use your creativity in picking the order in which you do them.
>>
>> - Upload a dist zip/jar/src to java.net
>> - Update documentation
>> - Update the website
>> - Post a release note in a number of places. Homepage of os.com as a
>> bare minimum
>>
>> Reason for this reminder? The astounding 'release' of oscore 2.2.4. 
>> God
>> knows what happened to 2.2.3. Needless to say, the download links were
>> broken, the website was not updated. It took a java.net admin to
>> contact us and point out that we're so incompetent we're unable to 
>> have
>> our own website point to our own project downloads.
>>
>> If you don't have the time to do these things, then don't bother. No
>> release is much better than a half assed release. While I realise this
>> is a hobby and a fun thing, there's no reason why it can't be
>> professional and a source of pride too. None of us would (or should)
>> get away with shipping a final version product and saying 'oh, it's
>> missing these chunks but I'll send them over tomorrow' in the real
>> world, so let's apply that same quality control to opensymphony!
>>
>> Hani
>>
>>
>>
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