UIMA Parent POM 15 release

Prepare the code

• Create release branch -> release/UIMA-6456-UIMA-Parent-POM-15-release
• Make sure to remove all SNAPSHOT repositories and SNAPSHOT dependencies
• Update Jira version in POM for fixed-issues report

Release build

• Clean local m2 repository
• Do a test build locally with -Papache-release
• Check the issues report in issuesFixed if it looks ok
• Do the release build (mvn release:prepare release:perform)

Stage release candidate

• Close the staging repository at https://repository.apache.org/

Vote

• Call for a vote
• VOTE (wait at least for 72 hours, at least 3 +1 votes required for release)
• Post vote results (sign mail using same GPG key that was used to sign release)

Publish release

• Release staging repository at https://repository.apache.org/
• Create a new git tag e.g. rel/uimaj-3.2.0 and remove the one not prefixed with rel
• Merge the release branch into the development branch (e.g. main)
• Close release in Jira and GitHub