Principle:Apache Kafka SVN Artifact Staging
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| Last Updated | 2026-02-09 12:00 GMT |
Overview
A distribution process that uploads signed release artifacts to the Apache SVN staging repository for community review.
Description
SVN Artifact Staging uploads the signed release candidate artifacts to the Apache distribution development area hosted on Subversion. This makes the artifacts publicly accessible for community members to download, verify, and vote on. The staging area follows the convention https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kafka/{rc_tag}/. Previous release candidate directories are cleaned up before uploading new ones.
Usage
Use this principle after all artifacts are built, signed, and checksummed. The SVN staging step makes the release candidate available for the community vote process.
Theoretical Basis
The staging follows Apache distribution conventions:
- Cleanup: Check if a previous RC directory exists in SVN and delete it if so.
- Checkout: Perform a shallow SVN checkout of the distribution dev area.
- Copy: Copy signed artifacts into the RC-specific directory.
- Commit: SVN add and commit the new artifacts to make them publicly available.