svn commit: r1063151 - /forrest/trunk/site-author/content/xdocs/procedures/release/How_to_release.xml

Author: crossley
Date: Tue Jan 25 06:31:44 2011
New Revision: 1063151

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1063151&view=rev
Log:
Tag the trunk at the rc#

Modified:
    forrest/trunk/site-author/content/xdocs/procedures/release/How_to_release.xml

Modified: forrest/trunk/site-author/content/xdocs/procedures/release/How_to_release.xml
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/forrest/trunk/site-author/content/xdocs/procedures/release/How_to_release.xml?rev=1063151&r1=1063150&r2=1063151&view=diff
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--- forrest/trunk/site-author/content/xdocs/procedures/release/How_to_release.xml (original)
+++ forrest/trunk/site-author/content/xdocs/procedures/release/How_to_release.xml Tue Jan 25 06:31:44 2011
@@ -728,6 +728,23 @@ svn status --no-ignore</source>
                           to generate the release candidate packages.
                         </li>
           </ul></li>
+        <li>
+          <p>Tag SVN trunk for the release candidate:</p>
+          <source>svn copy -m "Create tag forrest_###xy###_rc# from trunk" \
+  https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/forrest/trunk \
+  https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/forrest/tags/forrest_###xy###_rc#</source>
+          <p>
+            where '###xy###' is a compact (without the dots) form of the version
+            number (e.g. 04, 041, 05).
+            <br/>
+            where 'rc#' is the release candidate number (e.g. rc1, rc2).
+          </p>
+          <p>
+            See
+            <a href="http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/forrest/tags/">http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/forrest/tags/</a>
+            for examples of past tags.
+          </p>
+        </li>
         <li>Unpack and test the relevant archive in a fresh new directory.
                   No point getting people to test if it is broken. You need this for your own testing and vote anyway.
                   Be sure to set FORREST_HOME and PATH properly for this release candidate location