release-checklist.md

Tangram ES (Android) Release Checklist

Steps to build and release the Tangram ES (AAR) to Maven Central:

1. Prepare release commit

Remove -SNAPSHOT tag from the version name in gradle.properties. Commit and push to master.

GROUP=com.mapzen.tangram
VERSION_NAME=1.0.0

2. Tag release commit

Tag commit with release version and push tag to GitHub.

$ git tag tangram-1.0.0
$ git push origin tangram-1.0.0

3. Prepare next development cycle

Update version name and restore -SNAPSHOT tag to prepare next development cycle. Commit and push to master.

GROUP=com.mapzen.tangram
VERSION_NAME=1.0.1-SNAPSHOT

4. Promote artifact to production

Once Travis CI completes the release build, log into Sonatype Staging Repository and promote the artifact to production. For more information see the Sonatype OSSRH Guide.

Note: It can several hours for a newly promoted artifact to appear in Maven Central.

5. Document release

Document release notes at https://github.com/tangrams/tangram-es/releases.