WTP Release Tasks

For each release of WTP, there are a few book keeping tasks unrelated to planning, development, and building, that also need tending to. They should be recorded here so they're not forgotten.

Tasks for Major and Minor Releases

• New Help for Old Friends page created, if required
• New and Noteworthy collected
• Maintenance branch created and wtp-releng notified (with the newer build system, is this mandatory?)

Tasks for All Releases (including Service Releases)

• R-build GA'd on http://download.eclipse.org/webtools/downloads/, and email sent out declaring it
• Marketplace listing version created/updated for these 3 listings (contact Nitin D. if you want edit privileges, but try to keep the mandatory features to a minimum)
• WTP_FAQ installation instructions updated (add versions/numbers/update sites)

• Web Site Updates:

• /common.php (linking to Java EE package page and release train update site)
• Release landing page created in /releases, what-is-fixed bug query included
• /releases/index.html updated
• News feed entry published in news.xml

• Update releng files w/ new versions/dependencies:

• build-preparation.sh
• parent pom
• dependencies.properties

Project Lead Tasks

• Repositories tagged for the release
• Bugs triaged/retargeted out of the release
• Babel repo/branch set/updated for release
• Version value created in Bugzilla