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In general, Source Release is the key and the required content of Apache. But Binary Release is optional, Dubbo can choose whether to release binary packages to the Apache repository or to the Maven central repository.
Please refer to the following links for more information on ASF’s release guide:
Mainly including the related preparation of signature utilities and Maven repository certification
Install GPG,refer to https://www.gnupg.org/download/index.html
$ brew install gpg
$ gpg --version #check version,should be 2.x
Generate the key with GPG
$ gpg2 --full-gen-key
gpg (GnuPG) 2.0.12; Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
Please select what kind of key you want:
(1) RSA and RSA (default)
(2) DSA and Elgamal
(3) DSA (sign only)
(4) RSA (sign only)
Your selection? 1
RSA keys may be between 1024 and 4096 bits long.
What keysize do you want? (2048) 4096
Requested keysize is 4096 bits
Please specify how long the key should be valid.
0 = key does not expire
<n> = key expires in n days
<n>w = key expires in n weeks
<n>m = key expires in n months
<n>y = key expires in n years
Key is valid for? (0)
Key does not expire at all
Is this correct? (y/N) y
GnuPG needs to construct a user ID to identify your key.
Real name: Robert Burrell Donkin
Email address: rdonkin@apache.org
Comment: CODE SIGNING KEY
You selected this USER-ID:
"Robert Burrell Donkin (CODE SIGNING KEY) <rdonkin@apache.org>"
Change (N)ame, (C)omment, (E)mail or (O)kay/(Q)uit? O
You need a Passphrase to protect your secret key. # enter the password, which will be used frequently when packaging.
$ gpg --list-keys
pub rsa4096/28681CB1 2018-04-26 # 28681CB1 is the key id
uid [ultimate] liujun (apache-dubbo) <liujun@apache.org>
sub rsa4096/D3D6984B 2018-04-26
########### Note: Different diaplay for different version.
$ gpg --list-keys
pub rsa4096 2018-11-12 [SC]
63AAE9838F4A303E40BAF5FEA3A1CA7A5D4A3981 # Last 8 character(5D4A3981) as key id，it will be used when send public key to keyserver
uid [ 绝对 ] Victory Cao (CODE SIGNING KEY) <victory@apache.org>
sub rsa4096 2018-11-12 [E]
# send public key to keyserver via key id
$ gpg --keyserver pgpkeys.mit.edu --send-key 28681CB1
# Here pgpkeys.mit.edu is a random selection of keyserver. Any key server from the list https://sks-keyservers.net/status/ is acceptable because they are automatically synchronized.
~/.gnupg/gpg.conf
# If you have more than 1 secret key in your keyring, you may want to
# uncomment the following option and set your preferred keyid.
default-key 28681CB1
### Delete the private key first, then delete the public key.
$ gpg --yes --delete-secret-keys shenglicao2@gmail.com ### indicate email address
$ gpg --delete-keys 1808C6444C781C0AEA0AAD4C4D6A8007D20DB8A4
Set up Apache central repository.
<parent>
<groupId>org.apache</groupId>
<artifactId>apache</artifactId>
<version>19</version>
</parent>
Add the following contents to .m2/settings.xml
Enter the passwords after encrypting by maven-encryption-plugin
<settings>
...
<servers>
<!-- To publish a snapshot of some part of Maven -->
<server>
<id>apache.snapshots.https</id>
<username> <!-- YOUR APACHE LDAP USERNAME --> </username>
<password> <!-- YOUR APACHE LDAP PASSWORD (encrypted) --> </password>
</server>
<!-- To stage a release of some part of Maven -->
<server>
<id>apache.releases.https</id>
<username> <!-- YOUR APACHE LDAP USERNAME --> </username>
<password> <!-- YOUR APACHE LDAP PASSWORD (encrypted) --> </password>
</server>
...
<!-- gpg passphrase used when generate key -->
<server>
<id>gpg.passphrase</id>
<passphrase><!-- yourKeyPassword --></passphrase>
</server>
</servers>
</settings>
Pull the new branch from the master branch as the release branch. If you want to release the ${release_version} version now, pull the new branch ${release_version}-release from 2.6.x. Then the modifications and taggings related to ${release_version} Release Candidates are applied to ${release_version}-release branch, and is merged into the master branch after the final release.
First of all, verify that the maven component packing, source packing, signature, etc are working properly on the ${release_version}-release branch.
$ mvn clean install -Papache-release
$ mvn deploy
This push the snapshot package to the maven central repository.
Release with maven-release-plugin
$ mvn release:prepare -Prelease -Darguments="-Dmaven.test.skip=true" -DautoVersionSubmodules=true -Dusername=YOUR GITHUB ID -DdryRun=true
$ mvn release:clean
$ mvn release:prepare -Prelease -Darguments="-Dmaven.test.skip=true" -DautoVersionSubmodules=true -Dusername=YOUR GITHUB ID -DpushChanges=false
If you are promted to input password for pushing to GitHub (basically including adding new commits and tags), do not input your login password of GitHub. Use
Personal access tokensinstead. You can go to https://github.com/settings/profile, clickDeveloper settings->Personal access tokens, and generate a new token if not. Please refer to this guide for more infomation. you need to choose the release artifactId, next artifactId and the release tag, the default tag is dubbo-parent-xxxx, you need to change it to dubbo-xxxx
After executing the above commands, you will find that:
-DpushChanges=false tells maven not to push the commits and tags to the remote repostiroy. If not specified, the version tag will be pushed to github repository, you will see a commit called [maven-release-plugin] prepare release dubbo-x.x.x added.-DpushChanges=true is specified, the modifications will be pushed to the remote repository, you will see a commit called [maven-release-plugin] prepare for next development iteration added.If -DpushChanges=false is specified, you will have to manually push the commit to remote repository before go to next step.
$ mvn release:perform -Prelease -Darguments="-Dmaven.test.skip=true" -DautoVersionSubmodules=true -Dusername=YOUR GITHUB ID
Maven will download the source code from the tag you just pushed, compile it, and deploy to remote maven repsoitry in staging state.
When you deploy the package into repository, it will be interrupted for network. So you must restart to desploy.
The problem is that missing package occurred many times at deploying. So you should check the quantity of package, especially parent package.
Prepare the svn local environment (Apache hosting the release content of project by svn)
Checkout dubbo to local directory
$ svn checkout https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/dubbo
Assume that the local directory is ~/apache/incubator/dubbo
The current release version is ${release_version}, new directory
$ cd ~/apache/incubator/dubbo # dubbo svn root directory
$ mkdir ${release_version}
Add public key to KEYS file if you are the first time to be a release manager. KEYS is mainly used to allow people who participate in the voting to be imported locally to verify the correctness of the sign.
$ gpg -a --export your_key_id >> KEYS
For more information on how to get your key id, please refer to this guide
Copy the source.zip package from the Dubbo root directory to the svn local repository dubbo/${release_version}
Generate sha512 sign
For source-release.zip
$ shasum -a 512 apache-dubbo-${release_version}-source-release.zip >> apache-dubbo-${release_version}-source-release.zip.sha512
For bin-release.zip
Please add -b paramter when generating sha512 for bin-release.zip, which indicates it is a binary file.
$ shasum -b -a 512 apache-dubbo-${release_version}-bin-release.zip >> apache-dubbo-${release_version}-bin-release.zip.sha512
You should generate something like this:
b8f13d1df6d6c9a1facc72fafc00b2d22bea1e600517c507467d8fca2f776a7a3877101742da53114bfa629ca5b941eb4d9ef989de43f0833e2a794e7ccf5c8a *apache-dubbo-spring-boot-project-2.7.0-bin-release.zip
Note there is a * sign before the file name.
If the binary release is accompanied with the source release. Run the following command in the dubbo-distribution module:
$ mvn install
Go to target directory, copy bin-release.zip and bin-release.zip.asc to svn local repository dubbo/${release_version}, and refer to step 6 to generate sha512 sign.
Commit to Apache svn
$ svn status
$ svn commit -m 'prepare for ${release_version} RC1'
A full check list can be found here
The verification link includes but is not limited to the following contents and forms:
$ shasum -c apache-dubbo-${release_version}-source-release.zip.sha512
$ shasum -c apache-dubbo-${release_version}-bin-release.zip.sha512
If it’s your first time verify a release candidte, you should import public keys first.
$ curl https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/dubbo/KEYS >> KEYS # download public keys to local directory
$ gpg --import KEYS # import keys
$ gpg —edit-key liujun
> trust # type trust command
Now, you can verify signature with command
gpg --verify apache-dubbo-2.6.3-source-release.zip.asc apache-dubbo-2.6.3-source-release.zip
gpg --verify apache-dubbo-2.6.3-bin-release.zip.asc apache-dubbo-2.6.3-bin-release.zip
Unzip apache-dubbo-${release_version}-source-release.zip to the default directory and check the following:
apache-dubbo-${release_version}-source-releasemvn clean test # This will run all unit tests
# you can also open rat and style plugin to check if every file meets requirements.
mvn clean test -Drat.skip=false -Dcheckstyle.skip=false
diff -r rc_dir tag_dirUnzip apache-dubbo-${release_version}-bin-release.zip and check:
Note that if the binary distribution contains third party files, you may need to update LICENSE file by adding the 3rd party license files. If these dependency is Apache License 2.0, and it contains NOTICE file, you may also need to update NOTICE file as well.
The voting is divided into two phases:
The mail template for Apache Dubbo vote：
Hello Dubbo Community,
This is a call for vote to release Apache Dubbo (Incubating) version 2.6.2.
The release candidates:
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/dubbo/2.6.2/
Git tag for the release:
https://github.com/apache/dubbo/tree/dubbo-2.6.2
Hash for the release tag:
afab04c53edab38d52275d2a198ea1aff7a4f41e
Release Notes:
https://github.com/apache/dubbo/releases/tag/untagged-4775c0a22c60fca55118
The artifacts have been signed with Key : 28681CB1, which can be found in the keys file:
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/dubbo/KEYS
The vote will be open for at least 72 hours or until necessary number of votes are reached.
Please vote accordingly:
[ ] +1 approve
[ ] +0 no opinion
[ ] -1 disapprove with the reason
Thanks,
The Apache Dubbo (Incubating) Team
The mail template for Apache Incubator vote：
Hello all,
This is a call for vote to release Apache Dubbo (Incubating) version 2.6.4.
The Apache Dubbo community has voted on and approved a proposal to release
Apache Dubbo (Incubating) version 2.6.4.
We now kindly request the Incubator PMC members review and vote on this
incubator release.
Apache Dubbo™ is a high-performance, java based, open source
RPC framework. Dubbo offers three key functionalities, which include
interface based remote call, fault tolerance & load balancing, and
automatic service registration & discovery.
Dubbo community vote and result thread:
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8d5c39eece6288beed2e22ca976350728c571d2a9cef1c9a9e56a409@%3Cdev.dubbo.apache.org%3E
A minor issue also can be found in the above thread.
The release candidates (RC1):
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/dubbo/2.6.4
Git tag for the release (RC1):
https://github.com/apache/dubbo/tree/dubbo-2.6.4
Hash for the release tag:
88037747a3b69d3225c73f6fbcda36ebd8435887
Release Notes:
*https://github.com/apache/dubbo/blob/dubbo-2.6.4/CHANGES.md
<https://github.com/apache/dubbo/blob/dubbo-2.6.4/CHANGES.md>*
The artifacts have been signed with Key : 7955FB6D1DD21CF7, which can be
found in the keys file:
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/dubbo/KEYS
Look at here for how to verify this release candidate:
https://github.com/apache/dubbo-website/blob/asf-site/blog/en-us/prepare-an-apache-release.md#prepare-apache-release
The vote will be open for at least 72 hours or until necessary number of
votes are reached.
Please vote accordingly:
[ ] +1 approve
[ ] +0 no opinion
[ ] -1 disapprove with the reason
Thanks,
The Apache Dubbo (Incubating) Team
The mail template to announce the vote result:
We’ve received 3 +1 binding votes and one +1 non-binding vote:
+1 binding, Ian Luo
+1 binding, Huxing Zhang
+1 binding, Jun Liu
+1 non-binding, Jerrick
I will create a new vote thread in Apache community now.
Best regards,
The Apache Dubbo (Incubating) Team
When the release vote has passed,
https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi?path=incubator/dubbo/$VERSION/apache-dubbo-$VERSION-source-release.zip. The download link for the previous release version should be changed like https://archive.apache.org/dist/incubator/dubbo/$VERSION/apache-dubbo-$VERSION-bin-release.zip). Please refer to the download page for more details.git push origin --delete 2.7.0-releaseHello Community,
The Apache Dubbo team is pleased to announce that the
2.6.6 has just been released.
Apache Dubbo™ is a high-performance, java based, open source
RPC framework. Dubbo offers three key functionalities, which include
interface based remote call, fault tolerance & load balancing, and
automatic service registration & discovery.
Both the source release[1] and the maven binary release[2] are available
now, you can also find the detailed release notes in here[3].
If you have any usage questions, or have problems when upgrading or find
any problems about enhancements included in this release, please don’t
hesitate to let us know by sending feedback to this mailing list or filing
an issue on GitHub[4].
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*Disclaimer*
Apache Dubbo is an effort undergoing incubation at The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), sponsored by the Incubator. Incubation is required of all newly accepted projects until a further review indicates that the infrastructure, communications, and decision making process have stabilized in a manner consistent with other successful ASF projects. While incubation status is not necessarily a reflection of the completeness or stability of the code, it does indicate that the project has yet to be fully endorsed by the ASF.
[1] https://dubbo.apache.org/en/blog/2020/05/18/past-releases/
[2] http://central.maven.org/maven2/com/alibaba/dubbo
[3] https://github.com/apache/dubbo/releases
[4] https://github.com/apache/dubbo/issues
repository.apache.org The permissions of the nexus repository have been applied, see jira。
To release the maven artifacts, go to repository.apache.org, and choose the staging repository, click the release button. Wait for a moment and verify it at here, make sure your artifacts are there and correct. It will take some time to sync to maven central repository. You can verify it at here
If you’ve encoutered this error, try the following commands:
export GPG_TTY=$(tty)