[Sculptor 3] Final preparations for the release

[Torsten Juergeleit]

The release of Sculptor 3.0.0 is nearly finished:

• The GitHub repository is updated to use the Gitflow Workflow described in the blog post Why aren't you using git-flow?.

Please update your local repository and switch to the branch "develop". Prepare your local git installation with the git flow extension (the unix guys should install the git flow extension for bash as well). Don't forget to configure your favourite Git client GUI as well. To see the jgitflow plugin in action within Atlassian watch this presentation from the plugin author.

• The release process (based on the JGitFlow Maven plugin) is finished. The release script is available from https://github.com/sculptor/sculptor/blob/develop/release.sh 
  
• The tagged release is available from https://github.com/sculptor/sculptor/tree/3.0.0.
  
• The staged release is available from http://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/orgsculptorgenerator-1004/

Please check this version of the Sculptor Maven plugin. You can use a profile in your local "~/.m2/settings.xml", e.g.

    <profile>

      <id>sculptor-staging</id>

      <repositories>

        <repository>

          <id>Sculptor Staging</id>

          <url>http://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/orgsculptorgenerator-1004/</url>

          <releases><enabled>true</enabled></releases>

          <snapshots><enabled>false</enabled></snapshots>

        </repository>

      </repositories>

      <pluginRepositories>

        <pluginRepository>

          <id>Sculptor Staging</id>

          <url>http://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/orgsculptorgenerator-1004/</url>

          <releases><enabled>true</enabled></releases>

          <snapshots><enabled>false</enabled></snapshots>

        </pluginRepository>

      </pluginRepositories>

    </profile>

• The Eclipse plugin is available from http://sculptorgenerator.org/updates/ 
  

Please check this version of the Sculptor Eclipse plugin. You can install it in Eclipse via "Help > Install New Software...".

Then we should think about some marketing, e.g.

• How about using a different forum (Google group) like https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/sculptorgenerator ?
• How about a blog post like http://sculptorgenerator.org/2010/06/10/improving-developer-productivity-with-sculptor ?
• Any ideas for a tweet or Facebook posting?

/Torsten

[Torsten Juergeleit]

A few more blog post are migrated now (especially the release posts). The button "Blog" is linked now to this (internal) blog.

And a new page "What's new" (with all the Sculptor releases - including a stub for version 3.0) is available now.

/Torsten

[Torsten Juergeleit]

When should I pull the trigger to propagate the staged release to Maven Central?
This needs some time because a release repository is created in Sonatype OSS and (only for the first release) the release is reviewed by the Sonatype guys.

Anyone willing to volunteer for a release blog post?

/Torsten


On Sunday, 24 November 2013 04:42:53 UTC+1, Torsten Juergeleit wrote:

[Torsten Juergeleit]

I made some house-keeping on Sculptors GitHub issues:

• The closed issues are associated with the milestone 3.0.0.
• A new milestone 3.0.1 is created holding the issues for the next development version.
  

/Torsten

On Sunday, 24 November 2013 04:42:53 UTC+1, Torsten Juergeleit wrote:

[Torsten Juergeleit]

When should I pull the trigger to propagate the staged release to Maven Central?

Nobody objected - so I pulled the trigger. Sculptor 3.0.0 is available on Maven central -> http://search.maven.org/#search|ga|1|sculptor

Any thoughts on switching to  new forum (like https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/sculptorgenerator )?

/Torsten