Prerequisites

• The continuous integration job does not fail.
• The JIRA issues included in the release are closed.
• Check the source code quality of the plugin. The SQALE index must be A and the SQALE remediation factor must not increase between two releases.
• A dedicated page is created in the wiki.

Call a Vote

Before a release can occur, a vote typically takes place.

The snapshot version to be tested must be publicly available. If the plugin is hosted at on:

• Github, then the artifact is automatically deployed by Cloudbees Jenkins to http://repository-sonarplugins.forge.cloudbees.com/snapshot/org/codehaus/sonar-plugins.
• Codehaus (svn/bamboo), then the artifact must be manually deployed to http://snapshots.repository.codehaus.org/org/codehaus/sonar-plugins/. Configure your Maven settings as described in the following section then execute the command mvn clean deploy

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Only Sonar plugin committers can vote. The first release requires three +1 and no -1. Then vote is adopted by lazy consensus for next releases. It passes if it doesn't have any -1.

Release

• Close the vote on the dev mailing-list
• Verify Check the prequisitesprerequisites

• Set your Codehaus username/password in Maven settings.xml:

  Code Block
  title settings.xml lang xml
  <settings> <servers> <server> <id>codehaus.org</id> <username>CODEHAUS_LOGIN</username> <password>CODEHAUS_PASSWORD</password> </server> </servers> </settings>

• Install Codehaus SSL certificates into JDK

• Deploy the plugin to the Maven central repository by executing the following command with default values:

  Code Block
  mvn release:prepare release:perform

• Release the version in JIRA
• Update the Changelog of the plugin wiki page byusing the jiraissues macro
• If it's the first release, add the plugin to this list
• Update the version compatibility matrix
• Announce the release in the mailing-lists Change Log section on the wiki plugin page by adding a JIRA Issues macro. Use the following properties:
  
  • JIRA Field Columns to Display: type;key;summary;priority
  • Cache: on
  • Anonymous Retrieval: checked
  • Width: 900
  • Height: <leave it empty>
  • Title: Release X.X
  • Render Mode: static
• If it is the first release of the plugin, add it to the  Plugin Library page
• Update the Version compatibility matrix page
• Announce the release on the mailing-lists: announce@sonar.codehaus.org, user@sonar.codehaus.org and dev@sonar.codehaus.org (you must subscribe to these lists in xircles )
• Send an email to dev@sonar.codehaus.org to ask for adding the release to the Update Center and to update the header of on the wiki plugin Confluence page. This redundant step will be improved later.
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