$Id: release-plan-1.1rc2.xml,v 1.3 2003/06/26 11:32:35 husted Exp $

The objective of the Struts 1.1 Release Candidate 2 release is to create a milestone release in preparation for an imminent Struts 1.1 Final release. As a release candidate, this milestone release currently contains no known showstoppers.

A number of bugs have been fixed since and other internal changes made since the first release candidate of Struts 1.1. All remaining tickets have been categorized either as enhancements, or as problems which can be fixed in a release subsequent to Struts 1.1 Final. Therefore it is time to make the latest code base available as a first Release Candidate. The goal is to move towards a final Struts 1.1 release as soon as is practicable.

This release candidate includes the Commons FileUpload RC1 JAR, which is required to compile and use Struts 1.1. A final release of Struts must depend only on final releases of other required products. Consequently, the Struts 1.1 Final release cannot be made unitl the Commons FileUpload 1.0 Final Release is available.

However, Pending the final release of Commons FileUpload 1.0, and should there be no showstoppers found in this release candidate, Sunday June 29, 2003, is set as the anticipated release date of Struts 1.1 Final. Anyone wishing to test the product before the final release is encourged to do so before that date.

Therefore, the following release plan is proposed for Struts 1.1 Release Candidate 2:

• Code Freeze / Tag Date - Friday, June 6, 2003, 23:59:59
• Release Manager - Ted Husted
• Release Announcement - To the following mailing lists:
  • announcements@jakarta.apache.org
  • struts-dev@jakarta.apache.org
  • struts-user@jakarta.apache.org

This plan is being prepared and executed in accordance with a positive vote held on the STRUT-DEV list, beginning on May 29, the results of which were posted on June 3, 2003.

The release process shall follow the same general procedures established the Jakarta Commons products.

Prior to the release of Struts 1.1 Release Candidate 2, the following action items must be completed:

• The Struts 1.1 Release Notes document shall be updated to describe substantial changes and improvements since the Struts 1.1 RC1 release, along with associated updates to the main Struts Documentation Application pages describing the new release.
• All of the Struts example applications that are included with the release shall operate successfully in the following servlet containers:
  • Tomcat 3.3.1
  • Tomcat 4.0.6
  • Tomcat 4.1.18

Prior to the release of a subsequent Struts 1.1 Final release, the following action items must be completed:

• All Bugzilla bug reports against Struts 1.1 nightly builds MUST be marked as "Enhancement" or "Resolved", with any of the legal Bugzilla resolutions (FIXED, INVALID, WONTFIX, LATER, REMIND, WORKSFORME).
• Bug reports that are resolved as LATER or REMIND will include comments as to whether those specific issues will be dealt with in a subsequent beta, release candidate, or final release, or whether they will be scheduled for consideration in a subsequent release time frame.
• The final release of Commons-FileUpload 1.0 must be available and made part of the Struts 1.1 Final distribution.