Prerequisites

1. Java at least 1.6
2. Maven at least 3.0.4

Sources

https://github.com/SonarSource/sonar-eclipse

Release Procedure

Previous version - $previousVersion
Version for release - $tagVersion
Next version - $nextVersion

1. Before release verify that you can build project by executing following command:
2. Old version should be archived, i.e. all files from http://dist.sonar-ide.codehaus.org/eclipse/ should be moved to new directory http://dist.sonar-ide.codehaus.org/eclipse-archives/$previousVersion

3. Qualified version for release should be constructed with timestamp. This can be done as following :

   For example: 2.3.0.20111208-0742

4. This version should be set for all pom.xml and MANIFEST.MF files. This can be done by execution of following command:

   Unfortunately there is one place where version should be updated manually due to a bug in Tycho. So you have to edit org.sonar.ide.eclipse.site/org.sonar.ide.eclipse.site.product and update version="XXX" (replace XXX by $releaseVersion).

5. Verify build by execution of following command:

6. At this point version for release can be tagged. And deployment can be done by execution of following command:

7. In order to prepare for next development version execute following command:

   Unfortunately there is one place where version should be updated manually due to a bug in Tycho. So you have to edit org.sonar.ide.eclipse.site/org.sonar.ide.eclipse.site.product and update version="XXX" (replace XXX by $nextVersion.qualifier).
8. And don't forget to push changes to GitHub

Following steps should be done after release:

1. Release version in Jira
2. Update version in Eclipse Marketplace
3. Add changelog and update version in Confluence
4. Announce release