[seam-dev] Updates to Seam release process to allow for translation work

[Jay Balunas]

Pete Muir wrote:
> On 27/03/2008, Jay Balunas <tech4j at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>   
>>>> So, did the translated docs get committed into an RCS at all? This
>>>> is what Shane and I were struggling with - the tag needs to reflect
>>>> what was released, so you need somewhere to place the translation.
>>>> We want to avoid putting in a branch for each release.
>>>>         
>> I was not deeply involved with the docs so I am not 100% certain, but I
>> believe that the were "labeled" - similar to "tagged" in clearcase :( post
>> release with the same label as the release.  This way future packaging
>> contained the translation.  This does not seem like the best approach
>> though.
>>     
>
> Yeah, I'm -1 on overlaying the tag
>   
+1 on your -1
>   
>>>> Another option we discussed would be get just the doc/ dir tagged
>>>> with with the translations post release (e.g.
>>>> JBoss_Seam_2_0_2_GA_TR1) and release a separate zip including
>>>> translated docs.
>>>>         
>> I like this tagging approach - because moving forward there are also going
>> to be multiple translations and they probably will not all be finished at
>> the same time.  As new ones are completed they can be released.
>>     
>
> The other question is, do we do an overlayed main zip and upload to
> sourceforge or not as we go.
>
> Or do we split the docs out completely from the dist, then just
> overlay the docs zip and replace it.
>   
I kind of like having the english docs be combined (80/20 rule).  I just 
did a quick check on 2.0.1.GA and the docs are 38M (unzipped) but only 
4.2M zipped. 

Not sure which is the best way here.