How to release junixsocket
NOTE: This is probably not interesting unless you’re the project admin or going to fork it.
Prerequisites
llvm and mingw-w64
In order to build for all supported target platforms included in the release, our development machine (the one where we do the compilation), needs to have clang and llvm, as well as x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc, a GCC compiler binary to allow building for Windows.
On Mac, run the following command.
brew install llvm llvm@9 mingw-w64
If you don’t have Homebrew, obtain it from here first.
github.com credentials
- On github.com, create an OAuth token with write permissions to the repo.
- Add the credentials to your keychain
GPG keys
Instructions for macOS
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Install gpg and helper tools
brew install gpg gpg2 gpg-agent pinentry-mac
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Enable pinentry-mac
This gives a nice GUI for the passphrase, and allows us to store the GPG key passphrase in the macOS keychain)
# open or create ~/.gnupg/gpg-agent.conf # then add the following line if it doesn't exist yet: pinentry-program /usr/local/bin/pinentry-mac
- Generate GPG key
gpg2 –generate-key
Follow on-screen instructions. Use a long, memorable passphrase.
Remember the GPG key ID. Publish the corresponding GPG public key on the GPG keyservers:
gpg2 --keyserver hkp://hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net --send-key THEKEYID
Build environment for other platforms
Currently, the easiest way to build for other platforms is to have a working Java 9 (or later) environment, Maven 3+ and the junixsocket project ready. Just spin up a virtual machine (or emulator), install Java, Maven and junixsocket, and you should be good to go.
Common tasks
Ensure the code is properly formatted and licenses are in place
cd junixsocket # review LICENSE file and verify that it's up-to-date mvn formatter:format mvn license:format # git add / commit here...
Bump project version
cd junixsocket mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=2.3.3 # git add / commit here...
Build native libraries on other supported, common platforms
This currently means amd64-Linux-gpp in addition to our default x86_64-MacOSX-gpp environment.
On the target machine, install junixsocket. Make sure you use the very same version as on your development machine from where you do the release!
cd junixsocket mvn clean install -Pstrict
The platform-dependent nar files should now be available in the local maven repository cache.
Use the provided script to copy the corresponding nar to a project folder:
cd junixsocket # replace 2.3.3 with the desired version number junixsocket-native-prebuilt/bin/copy-nar-from-m2repo.sh 2.3.3
Now copy the nar files from the target machine to your development computer (from where you do the release). By convention, copy the files to the same folder as on the target machine (junixsocket/junixsocket-native-prebuilt/bin)
On the development computer, install the nar files in the local Maven repository cache:
cd junixsocket junixsocket-native-prebuilt/bin/install-to-m2repo.sh junixsocket-native-prebuilt/nar/*nar
Create binary distribution
This will create a directory, a .tar.gz and a .zip archive, containing the project jars and a script to run the demo classes from the command-line.
cd junixsocket mvn clean install -Pstrict -Prelease
The files can be found in
- junixsocket/junixsocket-dist/target/junixsocket-dist-2.3.3-bin
- junixsocket/junixsocket-dist/target/junixsocket-dist-2.3.3-bin.tar.gz
- junixsocket/junixsocket-dist/target/junixsocket-dist-2.3.3-bin.zip
Deploy code to Maven central
1. Deploy to staging
cd junixsocket mvn clean install -Pstrict -Prelease # after gpg.keyname, specify the key you want to use for signing mvn deploy -Pstrict -Prelease -Psigned -Dgpg.keyname=5034B...
Notes
-Pstrict enforces code quality checks to succeed (e.g., spotbugs, checkstyle).
-Prelease makes sure we include all common native binaries in junixsocket-native-common.
-Psigned enables signing the artifacts with our GPG key.
In case of failures while staging:
If the deployment fails with Remote staging failed: Staging rules failure! and due to No public key: Key with id: (...) was not able to be located on ..., then that means that the GPG key you created above has not been fully distributed among the GPG key servers. Try to manually push to the ones mentioned in the error message, and try again.
For example:
gpg2 --keyserver http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371 --send-key THEKEYID
If you get an error Remote staging failed: A message body reader for Java class com.sonatype.nexus.staging.api.dto.StagingProfileRepositoryDTO, and Java type class com.sonatype.nexus.staging.api.dto.StagingProfileRepositoryDTO, and MIME media type text/html was not found, then simply try again; see OSSRH-51097.
2. Review the deployed artifacts
The URL of the staging repository is https://oss.sonatype.org/content/groups/staging. The artifacts can be found here.
If you’re deploying a -SNAPSHOT version, you can find the artifacts here.
IMPORTANT Double-check that the staged junixsocket-native-common artifact contains all required library binaries (macOS, Linux 64-bit, etc.).
At that point, it is a good idea to download the junixsocket-selftest-jar-with-dependencies.jar, and try it on all supported platforms. The last output line should say “Selftest PASSED”.
3. Release artifact to Maven Central
IMPORTANT Once released, it cannot be undone! Make sure you verify the staged artifact first!
mvn nexus-staging:release
NOTE: There can be quite a delay (30 minutes?) until the artifact is deployed in Maven Central.
Tag the release, push to upstream (i.e., GitHub)
mvn scm:tag
Release on GitHub
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Log in to GitHub, go to Releases -> Draft a new release.
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Select the newly created tag (= search for the version).
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Release title = “junixsocket” + version>, e.g., “junixsocket 2.3.3”
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Hit “Publish release”
Publish website
This builds the Maven site and publishes it to https://kohlschutter.github.io/junixsocket/.
cd junixsocket mvn clean install -Pstrict -Prelease mvn site site:stage scm-publish:publish-scm
NOTE: There can be a 10-minute delay until the pages get updated automatically in your browser cache. Hit refresh to expedite.
Prepare next version
mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=X.Y.Z-SNAPSHOT mvn clean install