Committer Guide

New committer guidelines

Note

This section outlines steps which need to be completed by new team members and is indented for people who have been voted to join Libcloud project as a committer and / or PMC member. It also assumes you have already filled your ICLA and your Apache account has been created.

First congratulations and welcome to the team!

1. Subscribe to the public mailing lists

If you haven’t yet, subscribe to {dev,users,commits}@apache.libcloud.org mailing lists. Committs mailing list is especially important because all of the JIRA notification, Github Pull Request notifications and build notifications are sent there.

2. Subscribe to the private mailing list

Subscribe to private@libcloud.apache.org by sending an email to private-subscribe@libcloud.apache.org. Keep in mind that this list is private and your subscription needs to be approved by a moderator.

3. Create PyPi account

Creating a PyPi account by going to https://pypi.python.org/pypi?%3Aaction=register_form and send an email to private@libcloud.apache.org requesting to be added as a maintainer to apache-libcloud package. Make sure to select a strong and unique password (pwgen -s 48 1 is your friend).

After you have registered go to “Your details” page and populate PGP Key ID field with your PGP key ID.

Applying a patch

When applying a third-party patch created using git format-patch or git diff command, use the following command:

git am --signoff < patch_name.patch

--signoff argument signs the patch and lets others know that you have reviewed and merged a patch.

If you are working with a Github pull request, you can obtain a patch file by appending .patch to the end of the pull request URL. For example:

wget https://github.com/apache/libcloud/pull/<pr number>.patch
git am --signoff < <pr number>.patch
# rebase to squash commits / ammend
...

When working with a Github pull request, also don’t forget to update the commit message during rebase (or use git commit --amend if the rebase was not necessary) to include the “Closes #prnumber” message. This way, the corresponding Github pull request will get automatically closed once the Github mirror is updated.

For example:

...
Original message
...

Closes #prnumber

If the original patch author didn’t squash all of the commits into one and you think this is needed, you should squash all the commits yourself using git rebase after you have merged / applied the patch.

After the patch has been applied, make sure to update CHANGES.rst file.

Making a release (for release managers)

This section contains information a release manager should follow when preparing a release.

1. Pre-release check list

  • Make sure tests pass on all the supported Python versions (tox)
  • Make sure CHANGES file is up to date
  • Make sure __version__ string in libcloud/__init__.py is up to date
  • Remove the tox directory with rm -rf .tox
  • Remove the _secrets_ file with rm libcloud/test/secrets.py
  • Remove leftover builds from previous releases. rm -f dist/apache*

2. Update JIRA

  • Create a new JIRA version for the release in question (if one doesn’t exist yet)
  • Close all the corresponding JIRA tickets and set Fix Version/s field to the current version
  • Release the JIRA version

3. Creating release artifacts

We have a script that runs the required setup.py commands and then hashes and signs the files. You will need the latest version of pip and the wheel package. To run it:

cd dist
./release.sh -u <yourusername>@apache.org

-u argument will be used to find a key with a matching email address in your local GPG database.

This should result in a set of apache-libcloud-${VERSION}.{tar.bz2,tar.gz,zip,whl}{,asc,md5,sha1} files that are suitable to be uploaded for a release.

Copy the artifacts in another directory, unpack one of them and test it with tox.

4. Tagging a release

Tag the tentative release with a -tentative postfix.

git tag <version> <commit hash>

For example:

git tag --sign v0.15.0-tentative 105b9610835f99704996d861d613c5a9a8b3f8b1

5. Upload the release artifacts and start a [VOTE] thread

Upload all release artifacts including the whl files to your people.apache.org space. Then start a [VOTE] thread on the dev@libcloud.apache.org mailing list.

Once the vote has passed tag the release with a new tag, removing the -tentative postfix. Upload the release artifacts to Apache servers and Pypi.

For example:

git tag --sign v0.15.0 105b9610835f99704996d861d613c5a9a8b3f8b1

Keep in mind that it’s important that you sign the commit / tag with your GPG key.

6. Uploading release artifacts to Apache servers

7. Publishing package to PyPi

We have a script that runs uploads the signed Python source files to PyPi. It uses twine, so ensure you have twine available in your path which twine before running. Twine can be downloaded from https://pypi.python.org/pypi/twine

cd dist
./deploy.sh

Once all the files have been uploaded, the page should look similar to the screenshot below.

_images/pypi_files_page.png

8. Verifying the release artifact check sums

To verify that nothing went wrong doing the release process, run the ./dist/verify_checksums.sh script.

This script downloads the release artifacts from the Apache and PyPi server and makes sure that the MD5 check sums of the both files match.

Usage:

./dist/verify_checksums.sh <version>

For example

./dist/verify_checksums.sh apache-libcloud-0.13.2

9. Updating doap_libcloud.rdf file

Add information about the new release to the doap_libcloud.rdf file in the root of the main code repository.

10. Updating website

Check out the website using SVN: svn co https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/libcloud/site/trunk

  • Update the front page (source/index.html file)
  • Update “Downloads” page (source/downloads.md file)
  • Add a blog entry in the _posts directory.

Build the site locally and make sure everything is correct. Check the README.md file.

11. Sending announcements

  • Send a release announcement to {dev,users}@libcloud.apache.org. If it’s a major release also send it to announce@apache.org.
  • Send a release announcement to Twitter and Google+

Note: If the release fixes a security vulnerability, you should also send information about a vulnerability to the following full disclosure mailing lists:

The email you send should also be signed using your GPG key. You can find an example of such announcement on the following url.

If needed, use Apache URL shortening service - http://s.apache.org/

Mailing list email templates

This section includes email templates which can be used when sending out official communication to the mailing lists.

Release voting thread template

This template should be used when starting a voting thread for a new release.

Subject:

[VOTE] Release Apache Libcloud <version>

Body:

This is a voting thread for Libcloud <version>.

<short description and highlights of this release>

Full changelog can be found at <link to the CHANGES file for this release>.

Release artifacts can be found at <link to your Apache space where a release
artifacts can be found>.

KEYS file can found at https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/libcloud/KEYS

Please test the release and post your votes.

+/- 1
[  ]  Release Apache Libcloud <version>

Vote will be opened until <date, it should be at minimum today + 3 days> (or longer, if needed).

Thanks,
<name>

For example:

Subject:

[VOTE] Release Apache Libcloud 0.13.2

Body:

This is a voting thread for Libcloud 0.13.2.

This is another primarily a bug-fix release. Previous release included a fix for the Content-Length bug which didn't fully fix the original issue. It missed out "raw" requests which are fixed in this release (LIBCLOUD-396).

This bug could manifest itself while uploading a file with some of the storage providers.

Besides this bug fix, it includes a couple of other smaller bug fixes and changes. Full change log
can be found at https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=libcloud.git;a=blob;f=CHANGES;h=b7747f777afdeb63bcacf496d1d034f1b3287c31;hb=c4b3daae946049652a500a8515929b4cbf14a6b4

Release artifacts can be found at http://people.apache.org/~tomaz/libcloud/.

Please test the release and post your votes.

+/- 1
[  ]  Release Apache Libcloud 0.13.2

Vote will be opened until September 18th, 2013 (or longer, if needed).

Thanks,
Tomaz

Release announcement

This template should be used when sending out a release announcement.

Subject:

[ANNOUNCE] Apache Libcloud 0.13.1 release

Body:

Libcloud is a Python library that abstracts away the differences among
multiple cloud provider APIs. It allows users to manage cloud services
(servers, storage, loadbalancers, DNS) offered by many different providers
through a single, unified and easy to use API.

We are pleased to announce the release of Libcloud <version>!

<short description of the release which should include release highlights>

Full change log can be found at <link to CHANGES file for this release>

Download

Libcloud <version> can be downloaded from http://libcloud.apache.org/downloads.html
or installed using pip:

pip install apache-libcloud

Upgrading

If you have installed Libcloud using pip you can also use it to upgrade it:

pip install --upgrade apache-libcloud

Upgrade notes

A page which describes backward incompatible or semi-incompatible
changes and how to preserve the old behavior when this is possible
can be found at http://libcloud.apache.org/upgrade-notes.html.

Documentation

API documentation can be found at http://libcloud.apache.org/apidocs/<version>/.

We also have a new Sphinx documentation which can be found at https://libcloud.apache.org/docs/.

Bugs / Issues

If you find any bug or issue, please report it on our issue tracker
<https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LIBCLOUD>.
Don't forget to attach an example and / or test which reproduces your problem.

Thanks

Thanks to everyone who contributed and made this release possible! Full list of
people who contributed to this release can be found in the CHANGES file
<link to the changes file for this release>.

For example:

Subject:

[ANNOUNCE] Apache Libcloud 0.13.1 release

Body:

Libcloud is a Python library that abstracts away the differences among
multiple cloud provider APIs. It allows users to manage cloud services
(servers, storage, loadbalancers, DNS) offered by many different providers
through a single, unified and easy to use API.

We are pleased to announce the release of Libcloud 0.13.1!

This is a bug-fix only release. Among some smaller bugs it also fixes
Content-Length regression which broke create and update operations in
the Bluebox Compute and Azure Storage driver (LIBCLOUD-362, LIBCLOUD-3901).

Full change log can be found at <https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=libcloud.git;a=blob;f=CHANGES;h=ca90c84e296ca82e2206eb86ed7364c588aad503;hb=602b6a7a27dca6990a38eb887e1d6615826387d5>

Download

Libcloud 0.13.1 can be downloaded from http://libcloud.apache.org/downloads.html
or installed using pip:

pip install apache-libcloud

Upgrading

If you have installed Libcloud using pip you can also use it to upgrade it:

pip install --upgrade apache-libcloud

Upgrade notes

A page which describes backward incompatible or semi-incompatible
changes and how to preserve the old behavior when this is possible
can be found at http://libcloud.apache.org/upgrade-notes.html.

Documentation

API documentation can be found at http://libcloud.apache.org/apidocs/0.13.1/.

We also have a new Sphinx documentation which can be found at https://libcloud.apache.org/docs/.
Keep in mind though, that this documentation reflects state in trunk which
includes some backward incompatible changes which aren't present in 0.13.1.
All the examples in the documentation which only work with trunk are clearly marked with a note.

Bugs / Issues

If you find any bug or issue, please report it on our issue tracker
<https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LIBCLOUD>.
Don't forget to attach an example and / or test which reproduces your problem.

Thanks

Thanks to everyone who contributed and made this release possible! Full list of
people who contributed to this release can be found in the CHANGES file
<https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=libcloud.git;a=blob;f=CHANGES;h=ca90c84e296ca82e2206eb86ed7364c588aad503;hb=602b6a7a27dca6990a38eb887e1d6615826387d5>.