Tycho/Releasing Nexus Unzip Plugin

This page describes the steps necessary to create releases of the Nexus Unzip Plugin project.

• Prepare the Tycho/Unzip Plugin Release Notes which should provide a quick overview of new features and bug fixes
• Update versions using
  

mvn org.eclipse.tycho:tycho-versions-plugin:set-version -DnewVersion=...

• Commit version change, create a git tag unzip-plugin-<VERSION> on this commit and create a new remote branch unzip-plugin-MAJOR.MINOR.x based on this commit in git
• Update versions (same as above) to next -SNAPSHOT development version and push commit to master branch
• Make sure you have everything setup (GPG installed!) for deploying to the Nexus OSS repository, see guide
• Add your credentials for server <OSS_ID> in ~/.m2/settings.xml
• Sync to release commit and deploy to nexus staging repository:
  

mvn clean deploy -Prelease -DaltDeploymentRepository=OSS_ID::default::https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/

• Close the staging repository and announce the temporary stage URL on tycho-user@eclipse.org:
  Subject: please test staged nexus unzip plugin <VERSION>
  
  Please help testing the staged Nexus Unzip Plugin release <VERSION>.
  The staging repository URL is [1]. For details see release notes[2].
  
  We plan to promote this release in one week unless major regressions are found.
  
  Regards,
  Tycho team
  
  [1] <NEXUS_OSS_STAGING_URL>
  [2] http://wiki.eclipse.org/Tycho/Unzip_Plugin_Release_Notes/<VERSION>
• Announce the release on tycho-user@eclipse.org, tycho-dev@eclipse.org and the tycho homepage new and noteworthy section