DSpace 7 Release Procedure

0. Select a Release Tag Name

Something like "dspace-7.0-beta1".  We will use this same tag for the Backend, Frontend and DockerHub.

1. Release Backend Via Maven

• Generally, follow the existing Official Release Procedure at Release Procedure#MakinganOfficialRelease(e.g.'dspace-x.y'or'dspace-x.y-rc1')
  • Make sure to add "-Pdspace-rest" on each command to ensure the deprecated REST API is also tagged/released
  • Dry Run:   mvn release:prepare -DdryRun=true -Pdspace-rest
    • Release Version: "7.0-beta1"
    • Release Tag: "dspace-7.0-beta1"
  • Tag & Increment Version:  mvn release:prepare -Dresume=false -Pdspace-rest
  • Deploy to Sonatype:   mvn release:perform -Pdspace-rest
  • Login to Sonatype & release to Maven Central: http://oss.sonatype.org/
• Create a Release in GitHub linking to the Release Notes

2. Release Frontend Via a Tag

• Create a new Release & Tag in GitHub.  See https://help.github.com/en/github/administering-a-repository/managing-releases-in-a-repository for full instructions
  • Note: Alternatively, you can choose to tag the release from command-line (via git tag), but GitHub allows you to create a new tag when creating a new release.
• Make sure the GitHub Release description links to the Release Notes

3. Build Docker Images for Tagged Releases

Images can be built & pushed from commandline to DockerHub.  Again, use the same tag name as above.

Terry, Tim, Kim & Pascal currently have Push access.  Request it from one of them if you don't have it yet.

cd <DSPACE-SRC>
--checkout tag--
docker build -t dspace/dspace:<tag> .
docker push dspace/dspace:<tag>

cd <ANGULAR-SRC>
--checkout tag--
docker build -t dspace/dspace-angular:<tag> .
docker push dspace/dspace-angular:<tag>