Jetty7@codehaus Process

1. Verify that there are no blocking issues on the lists or in JIRA.
2. update pom.xml to use latest jetty@eclipse
3. update VERSION.txt
4. prepare:

   No Format
   mvn -DperformRelease=true -DautoVersionSubmodules=true release:prepare

   Use jetty-X.Y.Z as the release tag.
5. perform:

   No Format
   mvn release:perform

6. Close the staged repository on oss.sonatype.org
7. When release is tested, webdav the jetty-hightide repository contents to https://dav.codehaus.org/dist/jetty/jetty-hightide-X.Y.Z
8. promote repository on oss.sonatype.org

Jetty6 Release Process

Currently the release procedure for Jetty6 is a mostly manual operation:

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