[FLINK-32932] Build Release Candidate: 1.18.0-rc1

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.18.0
• Assignee: Jing Ge
• Reporter: Sergey Nuyanzin
• Created: 22/Aug/23 14:40
• Updated: 14/Dec/23 15:17
• Resolved: 25/Oct/23 12:46

Description

The core of the release process is the build-vote-fix cycle. Each cycle produces one release candidate. The Release Manager repeats this cycle until the community approves one release candidate, which is then finalized.

Prerequisites

Set up a few environment variables to simplify Maven commands that follow. This identifies the release candidate being built. Start with RC_NUM equal to 1 and increment it for each candidate:

RC_NUM="1"
TAG="release-${RELEASE_VERSION}-rc${RC_NUM}"

Issue Links

• blocks: FLINK-32920 Finalize release 1.18.0
• is blocked by: FLINK-32925 Select executing Release Manager
• is blocked by: FLINK-32726 [Umbrella] Test Flink Release 1.18
• is blocked by: FLINK-32921 Prepare Flink 1.18 Release
• is cloned by: FLINK-33271 CLONE - Build Release Candidate: 1.18.0-rc2

Sub-Tasks

• Build and stage Java and Python artifacts: Open
• Stage source and binary releases on dist.apache.org: Open
• Propose a pull request for website updates: Open
• Vote on the release candidate: Open