skywalking-java/docs/en/How-to-release.md

Apache SkyWalking release guide

Ref:

• http://tiles.apache.org/framework/dev/release.html
• http://www.apache.org/dev/publishing-maven-artifacts.html#dev-env

Important things list:

• Maven releases, and the nexus staging repository, and download artifacts upload
• All artifacts are published with .asc, .md5, *sha1 files
• The *.asc files are signed with a gpg key that's part of apache's ring of trust
• Sync'ing this to releases and tags in github
• Making the internal announcements
• Calling a vote
• Moving the staging repository to a public repository, making download artifacts public
• Making the final public announcement