Releasing Hudson

Hudson is released via https://oss.sonatype.org/

Log into Release VM

A Hudson release VM is setup at grid.sonatype.org. These are the release steps

• ssh -p 2022 hudson@grid.sonatype.org (Public key based login)
• Check out the code - git clone git@github.com:hudson/hudson.git
• cd hudson

Stage the release

• export MAVEN_OPTS="-Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m"
• mvn release:prepare -DpushChanges=false
• Remove all build targets
  rm -rf `find . -name "target" -print`
• mvn release:perform -DlocalCheckout=true

QA Process and release

• Go to https://oss.sonatype.org/index.html and login. Click on the close button to push changes to staging as explained here
• Work with QA to pick the staged version and verify the build
• Once QA certifies, click on the release button to release the version to Maven Central

Set War  downloads

• Copy the war file to <hudson-ci-ROOT>/downloads/war/<release-version>/hudson.war
• Link  latest -> <latest-war-release>
• Edit the index.html at <hudson-ci-ROOT>/downloads/war and add the latest version
• Upload war file to http://java.net/projects/hudson/downloads/directory/war

Create Redhat RPM

• Clone a new copy of hudson source in the Fedora  VM.
• Create Redhat RPM using source <hudson-src>/packaging/rpm/build.sh 
• Copy the RPM to <hudson-ci-ROOT>/downloads/redhat
• Link latest -> <latest-redhat-rpm-release>
• Upload Redhat RPM  to http://java.net/projects/hudson/downloads/directory/redhat
• Create Redhat repodata and upload to http://hudson-ci.org/redhat

Create OpenSuse RPM

• Clone a new copy of hudson source in the OpenSuse  VM.
• Create OpenSuse RPM using source <hudson-src>/packaging/opensuse/build.sh 
• Copy the OpenSuse RPM to <hudson-ci-ROOT>/downloads/opensuse
• Link latest -> <latest-opensuse-rpm-release>
• Upload OpenSuse RPM  to http://java.net/projects/hudson/downloads/directory/opensuse
• Create OpenSuse repodata and upload to http://hudson-ci.org/opensuse

Create Debian Package

• Before creating the debian package change <hudson-src>/packaging/debian/changelog to latest version and checkin the code
• Clone a new copy of hudson source in the Ubuntu releaes VM.
• Create Debian Package using source <hudson-src>/packaging/debian/build.sh (in a Ubuntu VM)
• Copy the Debian Package to <hudson-ci-ROOT>/downloads/debian
• Link latest -> <latest-debian-package-release>
• Gunzip the Packages.gz at <hudson-ci-ROOT>/downloads/debian and modify its contents to info about latest release. gunzip the file back
  (Note use to create the checksums use "openssl sha1 <filename>", "openssl md5 <filename>", "openssl dgst -sha256 <filename>")
• Upload Debian Package  to http://java.net/projects/hudson/downloads/directory/debian

Modify Update Center JSON

• Edit the <hudson-ci-ROOT>/update_center.json to modify the war version to the latest version

Push the sources and tag from the release workspace for next release.