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From: Stefan Bodewig <bodewig@apache.org>
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Subject: Re: [all] Guide for Creating a RC updated
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Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2013 20:41:01 +0100
In-Reply-To: <514DEED0.1060208@gmail.com> (Phil Steitz's message of "Sat, 23
	Mar 2013 11:05:04 -0700")
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On 2013-03-23, Phil Steitz wrote:

> I have one question:  I have not cut a release in a while and was
> always able before to avoid Nexus and the maven release plugin.  I
> understand now there is no way around using these.  First, that is
> correct, right?

There is no way around Nexus.  I haven't used the release plugin to
release Compress 1.5 at all.  Just stick to a more manual method of
creating tag.

You can use Nexus without Maven at all (we use Ivy for this in Ant
land).

> Second, one thing I remember was having to mess with local .settings
> files to store credentials.  Is that still necessary?  Should it be
> mentioned somewhere?

It is necessary when you use Maven, yes.  I've linked to the necessary
steps in the second paragraph (the "prepare your development
environment" link).

> One small comment.  We might want to, um, "update" the jdk version
> in the example from 1.3 - he he.

:-)

Stefan

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