Notes on the JBMS release process

[acoliver]

In the effort to formalize this I'm just taking notes on what I've done for each release.

1. Milestones are pre-released until they are proven stable (presently I upgrade my mail server to the pre and if it all works that is the milestone).

2. Testing is completed for each milestone on:
a. Hypersonic
b. MySQL
c. Postgresql

3. Occasional testing is done on oracle but is not part of the milestone process due to cost/time/qa constraints.

4. The installer must be used to at lease create the installation for each DB.

5. Unit tests should run as expected.

6. A branch is created when the first official PRE is cut

7. an announcement with special thanks to the biggest contributors is posted in the blog.

-Andy

[acoliver]

Also testing is completed on thunderbird and outlook.

[acoliver]

Also before the PRE is out I add/update wiki doco. We also need to make sure pages are version specific or at least mention the versions they apply to.

[acoliver]

I sign the jar with these instructions roughly: http://www.dallaway.com/acad/webstart/

[acoliver]

I sign the jar with these instructions roughly: http://www.dallaway.com/acad/webstart/