HOWTO-RELEASE.txt

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How to do a Tomcat Native release
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Requirements
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Java 11
Apache Ant 1.9 or later
Apache APR 1.7.0 or later source


Preparation
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Review the open issues in Bugzilla.
Review open PRs in GitHub.

If you haven't already, add your public PGP key to KEYS.

Ensure dates and/or version numbers are up to date:
- build.properties.default
- native/build/rpm/tcnative.spec.in
- native/include/tcn_version.h
- native/os/win32/libtcnative.rc x3
- xdocs/miscellaneous/changelog.xml

Run the release script to check the Java code is aligned with the current 11.0.x
source.
./jnirelease.sh --ver=main --with-apr=/path/to/apr/source

Switch back to the main branch
git checkout main

Tagging
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# Check clone is up to date and clean
git pull
git status

# Edit files to remove / disable dev build flags
# - build.properties.default
# - tcn_version.h

# Confirm the previous edits
git diff

# Tag (modify version as appropriate)
git commit -a -m "Tag 2.0.0"
git tag 2.0.0
git push origin 2.0.0

# Reset main
git reset --hard HEAD~1


Create the source release
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# Modify version as appropriate
./jnirelease.sh --ver=2.0.0 --with-apr=/path/to/apr/source

# Switch back to the main branch
git checkout main


Create the binary release for Windows
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See native/building