diff --git a/docs/en/guides/How-to-release.md b/docs/en/guides/How-to-release.md index f96b6d592e27e2c7f1aca4859d54074fe81b867d..ba7ce2bfd296ea54cc1ebd2d103490b7c48ea965 100644 --- a/docs/en/guides/How-to-release.md +++ b/docs/en/guides/How-to-release.md @@ -242,35 +242,46 @@ enter your apache password We only publish Apache mirror path as release info. 4. Public asc and sha512 locate in `https://www.apache.org/dist/skywalking/x.y.z/xxx` 5. Public KEYS pointing to `https://www.apache.org/dist/skywalking/KEYS` -6. Send ANNOUNCE mail to `dev@skywalking.apache.org`. +6. Update website download page. http://skywalking.apache.org/downloads/ . Include new download source, distribution, sha512, asc and document +links. Links could be found by following above rules(3)-(6). +7. Add a release event on website homepage and even page. Announce the public release with changelog or key features. +8. Send ANNOUNCE email to `dev@skywalking.apache.org`, `announce@apache.org`, the sender should use Apache email account. ``` -Mail title: [ANNOUNCE] Release Apache SkyWalking version x.y.z +Mail title: [ANNOUNCE] Apache SkyWalking x.y.z released Mail content: Hi all, Apache SkyWalking Team is glad to announce the first release of Apache SkyWalking x.y.z. -SkyWalking: APM (application performance monitor) tool for distributed systems, -especially designed for microservices, cloud native and container-based (Docker, Kubernetes, Mesos) architectures. +SkyWalking: APM (application performance monitor) tool for distributed systems, +especially designed for microservices, cloud native and container-based (Docker, Kubernetes, Mesos) architectures. + +This release contains a number of new features, bug fixes and improvements compared to +version a.b.c(last release). The notable changes since x.y.z include: + +(Highlight key changes) +1. ... +2. ... +3. ... -Vote Thread: +Please refer to the change log for the complete list of changes: +https://github.com/apache/skywalking/blob/v7.0.0/CHANGES.md -Download Links : http://skywalking.apache.org/downloads/ +Apache SkyWalking website: +http://skywalking.apache.org/ -Release Notes : https://github.com/apache/skywalking/blob/x.y.z/CHANGES.md +Downloads: +http://skywalking.apache.org/downloads/ -Website: http://skywalking.apache.org/ +Twitter: +https://twitter.com/ASFSkyWalking SkyWalking Resources: +- GitHub: https://github.com/apache/skywalking - Issue: https://github.com/apache/skywalking/issues - Mailing list: dev@skywalkiing.apache.org -- Documents: https://github.com/apache/skywalking/blob/x.y.z/docs/README.md - Apache SkyWalking Team ``` - -7. Update website download page. http://skywalking.apache.org/downloads/ . Include new download source, distribution, sha512, asc and document -links. Links could be found by following above rules(3)-(6). -8. Add a release event on website homepage and even page. Announce the public release with changelog or key features.