OldReleaseProcedure.txt

Below the informal release procedure to be run
as Release Candidate for all items with a star (*)
and if successful again for all items.
							Time (MacOS 2.3 GHz Intel)
1.  *Update News Item in VectorGraphics				-
2.  *Update Release Notes
3.  *Check output files
4.  *Update reference plots
5.  *Commit							-
6.  *Try "mvn; mvn package assembly:attached" and check zip and tar files.
    no duplicate versions in -bin should exist. The current assembly plugin 2.2-beta-1
    may include those. Make sure all dependencies just point to the same version of a jar.  
7.  *mvn -DdryRun release:prepare				 2:12
8.  *mvn release:clean						 0:10
9.  *mvn release:prepare					 2:19
10. *mvn release:perform					25:00
11. *mvn deploy                                                  9:40
12. *log into Windows/Unix and check out tag, and run 	     (Linux)     (Win)
12a.   *mvn -Dvg.local=false					 1:43	 4:03
12b.   *mvn site:site						 6:22	 2:25
12c.   *mvn site:deploy						 2:04    3:11
13. *check out tag						-
14. *mvn javadoc:javadoc					 0:41
15. *mvn site:site						 0:59
16. *mvn -Dvg.local=false					 1:47
17. *mvn -Dvg.local=false package assembly:attached		 1:52
18. *check tar and zip files					-
19. copy tar and zip files					-
20. update jira project						-
21. update news main site					-
22. announce forum						-
23. announce mailing list					-