Apache UIMA Java SDK JSON CAS IO 0.4.0 release

Prepare the code

• Create release branch
• Update README file
• Update RELEASE_NOTES.md file (https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/UIMA/versions/12351726)
• Make sure to remove all SNAPSHOT repositories and SNAPSHOT dependencies
• Update API reference version in POM api_check_oldVersion (first release, no comparison)

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/ -> https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapacheuima-1288
• Check auto-staged artifacts at https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/uima/ -> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/uima/uimaj-io-json-0.4.0-RC-202207131056-40731b5/

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

• Move release artifacts from the staging spot to the dist spot in SVN: svn mv -m "Installing UIMA JSON CAS IO 0.4.0 final to release spot" https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/uima/uimaj-io-json-0.4.0-RC-202207131056-40731b5 https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/uima/uimaj-io-json-0.4.0
• Release staging repository at https://repository.apache.org/
• Create a new git tag e.g. rel/uimaj-io-json-0.4.0 and remove the one not prefixed with rel
• Merge the release branch into the development branch (e.g. main)
• Create new maintenance branch (when doing feature releases)
• Update the "current" release on the website with the new content (and delete anything no longer part of the "current" release)
• Copy the versioned release to the archive spot already: svn copy -m "Archiving UIMA JSON CAS IO 0.4.0 documentation" https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/uima/site/trunk/uima-website/docs/d/uimaj-io-json-current https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/uima/site/archive/docs/d/uimaj-io-json-0.4.0
• Close release in Jira and GitHub
• Post release announcement to announce@apache.org (Cc: dev@uima.apache.org, user@uima.apache.org – once release has arrived at https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/uima – sign mail using same GPG key that was used to sign release)