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+***********
+Autorelease
+***********
+
+The Release Engineering - `Autorelease project
+<https://wiki.opendaylight.org/view/RelEng/Autorelease>`_
+is targeted at building the artifacts that are used in the release candidates
+and final full release.
+
+* `Open Gerrit Patches <https://git.opendaylight.org/gerrit/#/q/project:releng/autorelease+status:open>`_
+* `Jenkins Jobs <https://jenkins.opendaylight.org/releng/view/autorelease/>`_
+
+Cloning Autorelease
+===================
+
+To clone all the autorelease repo including it's submodules simply run the
+clone command with the '''--recursive''' parameter.
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+ git clone --recursive https://git.opendaylight.org/gerrit/releng/autorelease
+
+If you forgot to add the --recursive parameter to your git clone you can pull
+the submodules after with the following commands.
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+ git submodule init
+ git submodule update
+
+Creating Autorelease - Release and RC build
+===========================================
+
+An autorelease release build comes from the autorelease-release-\<branch\> job
+which can be found on the autorelease tab in the releng master:
+
+* https://jenkins.opendaylight.org/releng/view/autorelease/
+
+For example to create a Boron release candidate build launch a build from the
+autorelease-release-boron job by clicking the '''Build with Parameters'''
+button on the left hand menu:
+
+* https://jenkins.opendaylight.org/releng/view/autorelease/job/autorelease-release-boron/
+
+
+.. note::
+
+ The only field that needs to be filled in is the '''RELEASE_TAG''', leave all
+ other fields to their default setting. Set this to Boron, Boron-RC0,
+ Boron-RC1, etc... depending on the build you'd like to create.
+
+Adding Autorelease staging repo to settings.xml
+===============================================
+
+If you are building or testing this release in such a way that requires pulling
+some of the artifacts from the Nexus repo you may need to modify your
+settings.xml to include the staging repo URL as this URL is not part of ODL
+Nexus' public or snapshot groups. If you've already cloned the recommended
+settings.xml for building ODL you will need to add an additional profile and
+activate it by adding these sections to the "\<profiles\>" and
+"\<activeProfiles\>" sections (please adjust accordingly).
+
+.. note::
+
+ * This is an example and you need to "Add" these example sections to your
+ settings.xml do not delete your existing sections.
+ * The URLs in the \<repository\> and \<pluginRepository\> sections will also
+ need to be updated with the staging repo you want to test.
+
+.. code-block:: xml
+
+ <profiles>
+ <profile>
+ <id>opendaylight-staging</id>
+ <repositories>
+ <repository>
+ <id>opendaylight-staging</id>
+ <name>opendaylight-staging</name>
+ <url>https://nexus.opendaylight.org/content/repositories/automatedweeklyreleases-1062</url>
+ <releases>
+ <enabled>true</enabled>
+ <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+ </releases>
+ <snapshots>
+ <enabled>false</enabled>
+ </snapshots>
+ </repository>
+ </repositories>
+ <pluginRepositories>
+ <pluginRepository>
+ <id>opendaylight-staging</id>
+ <name>opendaylight-staging</name>
+ <url>https://nexus.opendaylight.org/content/repositories/automatedweeklyreleases-1062</url>
+ <releases>
+ <enabled>true</enabled>
+ <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
+ </releases>
+ <snapshots>
+ <enabled>false</enabled>
+ </snapshots>
+ </pluginRepository>
+ </pluginRepositories>
+ </profile>
+ </profiles>
+
+ <activeProfiles>
+ <activeProfile>opendaylight-staging</activeProfile>
+ </activeProfiles>
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+**************
+Branch Cutting
+**************
+
+This page documents the current branch cutting tasks that are needed
+to be performed at various milestones and which team has the necessary
+permissions in order to perform the necessary task in Parentheses.
+
+M5 Offset 2
+===========
+
+JJB
+---
+
+- Change JJB stream:boron branch pointer from master -> stable/boron
+ **(releng/builder committers)**
+- Create new stream:carbon branch pointer to branch master
+ **(releng/builder committers)**
+
+Process
+-------
+
+- Disable Submit permission on master branch
+ **(Helpdesk)**
+- Create stable/boron branches based on HEAD master
+ **(Release Engineering Team)**
+- Contribute .gitreview updates to stable/boron
+ **(Release Engineering Team)**
+- Version bump master by 0.1.0
+ **(Release Engineering Team)**
+- Re-enable Submit permission on master branch
+ **(Helpdesk)**
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+********************
+Simultaneous Release
+********************
+
+This page explains how the OpenDaylight release process works once the TSC has
+approved a release.
+
+Preparations
+============
+
+After release candidate is built gpg sign artifacts using odlsign-bulk script in
+**releng/builder/scripts**.
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+ cd scripts/
+ ./odlsign-bulk <staging-repo-id> # eg. autorelease-1367
+
+Releasing OpenDaylight
+======================
+
+- Nexus: click release for staging repo **(Helpdesk)**
+- Send email to Helpdesk with binary URL to update website **(Helpdesk)**
+- Send email to TSC and Release mailing lists announcing release binaries location **(Release Engineering Team)**
+- Checkout autorelease and switch to release branch eg stable/boron
+ **(Release Engineering Team)**
+- Make sure your git repo is setup to push (use git-review)
+
+ .. code-block:: bash
+
+ git review -s
+
+- Download patches from Jenkins build page
+
+ .. code-block:: bash
+
+ cd /tmp
+ wget https://jenkins.opendaylight.org/releng/view/autorelease/job/autorelease-release-boron/230/artifact/patches/*zip*/patches.zip
+ unzip patches.zip
+
+- Run the following commands for every project in the release
+
+ .. code-block:: bash
+
+ ../scripts/patch-odl-release.sh /tmp/patches Boron
+ git review -y -t Boron
+ git push gerrit release/boron
+
+- Tag autorelease too
+
+ .. code-block:: bash
+
+ git submodule foreach git checkout release/beryllium
+ git add [add each project individually to not pull in extra]
+ git commit -sm "Release Beryllium"
+ git tag -asm "OpenDaylight Beryllium release" release/beryllium
+ git review -y -t Beryllium
+ git push gerrit release/beryllium
+
+- Generate release notes (???)
+- Send email to release/tsc/dev notifying tagging and version bump complete **(Release Engineering Team)**